civilizes

英 [ˈsɪvəlaɪzɪz]

美 [ˈsɪvəlaɪzɪz]

v.  教化; 开化; 使文明; 使有教养
civilize的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 civilise


• VERB 教化;使开化
  Tocivilizea person or society means to educate them and improve their way of life.
  1. ...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
  2. It exerts a civilizing influence on mankind.
     这产生了教化人类的影响。

双语例句

• This article regards the existence of humane culture as the fundament of the humane spirit of Chinese etiquette culture. The humane spirit civilizes the world emphatically by grasping appropriately the relations between human and its own, human and nature, human and society.
  本文认为中国礼文化的人文精神是以人之文化存在为本，着重通过人自身以及人与人、人与自然、人与社会之间关系的恰当把握来化成天下的一种文化精神。
• The outstanding political civilizes the function.
  突出政治教化功能。
• It is the education that civilizes people.
  翻译教育使人类文明开化。