civilise [
'sivilaiz]
vt. 开化, 使文明, (非正式)教化, 使文雅, 教育, 教导
vi. 变成文明社会
- His wife has had a civilizing influence on him.
他妻子对改进他言谈举止有潜移默化的影响.
civilise
- To see what happens when states try to 'civilise' the market, look at the common agricultural policy, which has created a trading jungle. Mr Balladur's view is more than wrong.
- He speaks lovingly of cities and the need for architects to think urbanistically in ways that can refashion and civilise our cities. On the Rue Nationale in south-east Paris he is rehabilitating a series of blocks of public housing built in the 1960s.