civilize
v. 教化,使有教养
To civilize a person or society means to educate them and improve their way of life.
...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
It exerts a civilizing influence on mankind.
这产生了教化人类的影响。
1. train to be discriminative in taste or judgment;
2. raise from a barbaric to a civilized state;
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.