英语词汇“civilize”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

civilizecivilize /ˈsɪvəˌlaɪz/ verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

civilize

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	civilize
	he, she, it	civilizes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	civilized
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have civilized
	he, she, it	has civilized
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had civilized
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will civilize
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have civilized

Continuous Form
Present	I	am civilizing
	he, she, it	is civilizing
	you, we, they	are civilizing
Past	I, he, she, it	was civilizing
	you, we, they	were civilizing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been civilizing
	he, she, it	has been civilizing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been civilizing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be civilizing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been civilizing

1to improve a society so that it is more organized and developed: The Romans hoped to civilize all the tribes of Europe.2to influence someone’s behavior, by teaching him or her to act in ways acceptable to society: Women’s duty was to bear children and civilize them.