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Humanize You’re Make Humanizing Things Murderer 英 Hjuːmənaɪz] 美

英语单词 humanize
英美音标 英 ['hjuːmənaɪz] 美 ['hjuːmənaɪz]
中文释义 v.赋予人性;教化;使通人情
vocabulary简明 To humanize is to make something friendlier to humans. Humanizing makes things more civilized, refined, and understandable. You need to humanize characters when you’re writing a story, so people will understand them.
vocabulary扩展 To humanize is to make things more humane and easier for humans to relate to and appreciate. A biography of a murderer could humanize the murderer if it showed he had a terrible life growing up. A factory could be humanized if conditions are made less dangerous. In general, if you’re a human, to humanize something is a good thing. If you’re a robot, get your own word!
柯林斯解释
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 humanise
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[VERB 动词]使人性化;使舒适化;使更人道 If you humanize a situation or condition, you improve it by changing it in a way which makes it more suitable and pleasant for people.
  [V n]
  • Jo Robinson began by humanizing the waiting time at the health centre with tea-making and toys for children.

    乔·鲁宾逊最早是为在医疗中心候诊的人们提供茶水和儿童玩具,使候诊过程变得人性化。

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