英语单词 | humanize |
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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 1 [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]
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