civilise是什么意思？

civilise

英['sɪvɪlaɪz] 美[ˈsɪvəˌlaɪz]

• vt. 使文明，使开化；

例句

• ...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

英英词典释义

• 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"