civilize

verb

1. raise from a barbaric to a civilized state

e.g. The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized

Synonym: civilise

2. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

e.g. Cultivate your musical taste
Train your tastebuds
She is well schooled in poetry

Synonym: educateschooltraincultivatecivilise

1. 教化;使开化
To civilize a person or society means to educate them and improve their way of life.

e.g. ...a comedy about a man who tries to civilise a woman—but 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
e.g. It exerts a civilizing influence on mankind.
这产生了教化人类的影响。

1. 教化：道德法律从宗教中独立出来,从内心教化(civilize)与外在管理(manage)两个维度开始了对善的价值追求. 科学是第四种文化. 科学是与宗教相对的文化形式. 与宗教恰恰相反,它是抑制幻觉、情感、良心等心理因素,单单讲求理性的思维,

2. civilize的近义词

2. 使开化：civilization 文明 | civilize 使开化 | civilized 文明的

3. civilize

3. 使文明,开化：civil 公民的,平民的,国内的,文明的,有教养的 | civilize 使文明,开化 | claim 声称,主张,对...提出要求,索取

4. 教育：Pilgrim:朝圣 | Civilize:教育 | Occasion:时刻