| 单词 | civilized |
| 释义 | civilized (once / 391 pages) adj Someone who is cultured and polite — who knows to put his dinner napkin on his lap — is civilized. So could you please behave in a civilized manner and get your feet off the dinner table? Civilized is an adjective that describes the very opposite of barbarity. A civilized person is polite and courteous; he knows how to say "please" and "thank you." A civilized group of people is characterized by being socially and technologically advanced. Both dinner parties and fancy computer gadgets are signs of a civilized people. That friend of yours who likes to show people how he can belch the entire alphabet? Maybe not. WORD FAMILYcivilized: noncivilized, uncivilized+/civil: civiler, civilest, civilian, civilise, civility, civilize, civilly, uncivil/civilian: civilians/civilisation: civilisations/civilise: civilisation, civilised, civilises, civilising/civilised: noncivilised, uncivilised/civility: civilities, incivility/civilization: civilizations/civilize: civilization, civilized, civilizes, civilizing/incivility: incivilities/uncivil: uncivilly USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s shoulder-to-shoulder crowded, but with a civilized vibe, not the frat-like atmosphere. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) He tweeted, “It is only getting worse. The civilized world must change thinking!” The New Yorker(Dec 23, 2016) In a Twitter post on Monday, the president-elect said that terrorism was “getting worse” and that “the civilized world must change thinking!” New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1adj having a high state of culture and development both social and technological terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world Syn|Ant civilised advanced (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry civilof or in a condition of social order humaneshowing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement educatedpossessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge) refined(used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel noncivilised, noncivilized not having a high state of culture and social development barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilised, uncivilized, wildwithout civilizing influences barbarousprimitive in customs and culture nonliterate, preliterateused of a society that has not developed writing primitiveused of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies uneducatednot having a good education 2adj marked by refinement in taste and manners Syn civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite refined (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel |
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