civilize
英 美['sɪvəlaɪz]
- vt. 使文明；教化；使开化
- vi. 变得文明
英英释意
- 1. train to be discriminative in taste or judgment;
- "Cultivate your musical taste"
- "Train your tastebuds"
- "She is well schooled in poetry"
- 2. raise from a barbaric to a civilized state;
- "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"