The girls in a class tend to have a civilizing influence on the boys.

班上的女生往往能让男生文雅起来。

...a comedy about a man who tries to civilise a woman'u2014but she ends up civilising him...

一出有关一个男人试图教化一个女人，结果反而被那个女人教化的喜剧

It exerts a civilizing influence on mankind.

这产生了教化人类的影响。

To civilize the barbarous people is not easy.

要使野蛮人开化不是简单的.

Knowledge can civilize people.

知识能够使人有教养.

The Romans hoped to civilize all the tribes in Europe.

罗马曾希望使所有的欧洲部落开化.

They hope to civilize all the natives in the distant area.

他们希望使边远地区所有的老百姓都能接受文明.

Schools will help to civilize the wild tribes there.

学校将有助于使那儿的野蛮部落文明化.

They tried to civilize the natives.

他们企图教化土人.

Those facilities are intended to civilize people.

那些设施的目的在于教化民众.

We must civilize away the boy's bad habit.

我们必须教育这孩子使其改掉恶习.

If you will civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.

假使你想教育一个男人, 先从他的祖母开始吧.

The Romans hoped to civilize all the tribes of Europe.

罗马人希望把欧洲所有的部落都变成文明社会.

If you would civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.

假如你想教育一个男人, 先从他的祖母开始吧.

Widow Douglas is trying to civilize me? and I won't stand for that.

道格拉斯寡妇想要教化我,那我可受不了.

The African countries hoped to civilize all the primitive tribes on the land.

非洲国家希望把非洲所有的原始部落都变成文明社会.

It takes years to civilize a racial war area.

使一个有种族冲突的地区接受文明,需要多年的时间.

Their objective was to civilize the conquered nations.

他们的目标是教化那些被他们征服的国家.

'I think it would civilize people a bit more if they had decent conditions.' 'u2014 'I think you've hit the nail on the head.'

“我认为，如果人们有良好的环境，就会更有教养一点。”——“我想你说到点子上了。”

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. They civilized the savages.
   他们教化那些野蛮人。
2. Schools will help to civilize the wild tribes there.
   学校将有助于使那儿的野蛮部落文明化。
3. The missionaries intended to civilize the wild tribes of Africa.
   传教士们打算去教化非洲的野蛮部落。
4. The Romans civilized a great part of the world.
   罗马人使世界上很大一部分地区趋于文明。
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5. He has been civilized by the hero.
   他受英雄的教化而变得文雅。
6. The rough man has been civilized by his wife.
   那粗野的男人在妻子的开导下变得文雅了。

civilize away (v.+adv.)

教育使其改掉 get rid of sth by civilization
civilize sth ⇔ away

We must civilize away the boy's bad habit.

我们必须教育这孩子使其改掉恶习。

～+名词

• civilize%20a%20barbarous%20people">civilize a barbarous people教化野蛮的民族
• civilize%20a%20great%20part%20of%20the%20world">civilize a great part of the world使世界上很大一部分地区趋于文明
• civilize%20the%20savages">civilize the savages教化那些野蛮人

～+副词

• civilize%20away%20a%20bad%20habit">civilize away a bad habit教育…使其改掉恶习

v.(动词)

1. civilize的基本意思是“使文明,使开化”,可指变得不粗野,也可进一步指变得文雅、举止得体。
2. civilize可用作及物动词,其宾语常是表示人或部落的名词,可用于被动结构。
3. 在英式英语中，civilize也可以写作civilise。