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civilized 音標拼音: [s'ɪvəl ,ɑɪzd] a. 文明的,有禮的 文明的,有禮的 civilized adj 1: having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; " terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world" [ synonym: { civilized}, { civilised}] [ ant: { noncivilised}, { noncivilized}] 2: marked by refinement in taste and manners; " cultivated speech"; " cultured Bostonians"; " cultured tastes"; " a genteel old lady"; " polite society" [ synonym: { civilized}, { civilised}, { cultivated}, { cultured}, { genteel}, { polite}] Civilize \ Civ" i* lize\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Civilized}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Civilizing}.] [ Cf. F. civilizer, fr. L. civilis civil. See { Civil}.] 1. To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine. [ 1913 Webster] Yet blest that fate which did his arms dispose Her land to civilize, as to subdue. -- Dryden [ 1913 Webster] 2. To admit as suitable to a civilized state. [ Obs. or R.] " Civilizing adultery." -- Milton. Syn: To polish; refine; humanize. [ 1913 Webster]
Civilized \ Civ" i* lized\, a. Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated. [ 1913 Webster] Sale of conscience and duty in open market is not reconcilable with the present state of civilized society. -- J. Quincy. [ 1913 Webster] 58 Moby Thesaurus words for " civilized": Christian, abstruse, advanced, ameliorated, beautified, becoming, befitting, bettered, bland, comme il faut, conforming, converted, correct, cultivated, cultured, dainty, decent, deep, delicate, developed, discriminating, done, educated, elegant, embellished, encyclopedic, enhanced, enriched, erudite, fastidious, fine, graceful, gracile, gracious, improved, learned, lettered, literate, nice, pansophic, perfected, polished, polyhistoric, polymath, polymathic, profound, refined, reformed, scholarly, scholastic, smooth, sophisticated, studious, subtle, transfigured, transformed, urbane, wise
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