Engelsk udsagnsord: civilize | |||
1. | civilize (om adfærd) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Cultivate your musical taste. Train your tastebuds. She is well schooled in poetry. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | civilise, cultivate, educate, school, train | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | down, fine-tune, polish, refine | ||
Mere specifikke termer | sophisticate | ||
2. | civilize (om ændring) raise from a barbaric to a civilized state | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | civilise | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | alter, change, modify | ||