hu·man·ize /ˈhjuməˌnaɪz, ˈju-/
(vt.)賦予人性,教化,使通人情(vi.)變為有人性,變為有情,有教化
hu·man·ize /ˈhjuməˌnaɪz, ˈju-/ 及物動詞
人源化
Hu·man·ize v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humanized p. pr. & vb. n. Humanizing ]
1. To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize. [Also spelled humanise.]
Was it the business of magic to humanize our natures with compassion? --Addison.
2. To give a human character or expression to. “Humanized divinities.”
3. Med. To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph.
Hu·man·ize, v. i. To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be ameliorated.
By the original law of nations, war and extirpation were the punishment of injury. Humanizing by degrees, it admitted slavery instead of death; a further step was the exchange of prisoners instead of slavery. --Franklin.
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humanize
v : make more humane; "The mayor tried to humanize life in the
big city" [syn: humanise] [ant: dehumanize]