| 单词 | humanize |
| 释义 | humanize (once / 5182 pages) v To humanize is to make something friendlier to humans. Humanizing makes things more civilized, refined, and understandable. You need to humanize characters when you’re writing a story, so people will understand them. To humanize is to make things more humane and easier for humans to relate to and appreciate. A biography of a murderer could humanize the murderer if it showed he had a terrible life growing up. A factory could be humanized if conditions are made less dangerous. In general, if you’re a human, to humanize something is a good thing. If you’re a robot, get your own word! WORD FAMILYhumanize: dehumanize, humanization, humanized, humanizes, humanizing+/dehumanise: dehumanisation, dehumanised, dehumanising/dehumanize: dehumanization, dehumanized, dehumanizes, dehumanizing/human: humanise, humanism, humanity, humanize, humanlike, humanly, humanness, humans, inhuman, nonhuman, subhuman, superhuman, unhuman/humanise: dehumanise, humanisation, humanised, humanises, humanising/humanism: humanist, humanistic/humanist: humanists/humanistic: humanistically/humanitarian: humanitarianism, humanitarians/humanity: humanitarian, humanities/inhuman: inhumanity, inhumanly/inhumanity: inhumanities/superhuman: superhumanly/unhuman: unhumanly USAGE EXAMPLESAt the same time, the mountain served as a means to humanize Germany’s leader through his contact with animals as well as with children. Salon(Dec 23, 2016) The rest is left to Alec Baldwin: the puckered lips, a studied lumbering gait and a wariness of humanizing a man he reviles. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) This is about as “humanizing” as the depiction of the terrorists gets. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) v make more humane The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city Syn|Ant|Hyper humanise dehumanise, dehumanize deprive of human qualities alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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