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civilise 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. educate: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
  2. civilize: raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
  3. Civilization (or civilisation) is a term used to describe specific stages of human social development and organization considered to be most advanced. The term is also used to refer to a human society that meets such requirements. ...
  4. (Civilises) Mission civilisatrice (the French for "civilisatory mission"; in Missão civilizadora) is a rationale for intervention or colonisation, proposing to contribute to the spread of civilization, mostly amounting to the Westernization of indigenous peoples.
  5. To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour; To introduce or impose the standards of one civilisation upon another civilization, group or person, arguably with the intent of achieving a perceived higher standard of behavior; To bring from a state of ...
  6. elevate in social and private life.