civilise

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基本释义

v.
教化,使有教养

英英释义

Verb
  • 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"

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