civilise 考研专八

civilize/civilise "v.

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And the mission to civilise that was the colonial kind of project is now a mission to civilise France's own population.

文工程在过去本是殖民性质的工程，可现在它却成了教法国自己人口的工程。

A civilised leader must eschew violence.

文领导人必须避免用暴力。

Let’s discuss this like civilised people.

让我们像文人一样心地讨论。

Haas was quite pleasant, very civilised.

哈斯很招人喜欢，很有礼貌。

They’re brutal people behind their civilised veneer.

他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。