bring (a place or people) to a stage of social, cultural, and moral development considered to be more advanced
使(地方,人)文明,开化
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a civilized society .文明社会。
 
[as adj. 
文明的,有礼的
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such an affront to civilized behaviour will no longer be tolerated .对文明举止的这种侮辱再也不能容忍了。
 
"early 17th cent.: from French