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单词 humanize
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Definition of humanize in English:

humanize

(British humanise)
verb ˈhjuːmənʌɪzˈ(h)juməˌnaɪz
[with object]
  • 1Make (something) more humane or civilized.

    使(某物)变得人道,使仁慈;使文明,教化

    his purpose was to humanize prison conditions

    他的目的是使监狱条件更人道。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Indeed, such unofficial communication between hostile nations tends to humanize the enemy and improve the prospects for peace and cooperation.
    • He campaigned to make public schools free, broaden education for women, and humanize the treatment of mental patients.
    • But modern humanity did not understand the civilizing and humanizing mission of higher learning.
    • Many of us have been persuaded that cooperating with power is the only way to progressively enlighten and humanise power.
    Synonyms
    civilize, improve, better
    educate, enlighten, edify, instruct, sophisticate, socialize, refine, polish
    informal rub the rough edges off
  • 2Give (something) a human character.

    使(某物)人性化

    dogs are wonderful friends but why do we try to humanize them?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The other characters are, oddly enough, humanized enough to make the show watchable.
    • Only at the end did either character become humanized, and it was too late for the film's success.
    • From our perspective, of course, it does help to humanize the story.
    • Movies are a good example of this, because in order to make a character exist in a film, you must necessarily personify and humanize that character.
    • Brands are being used to humanise corporations by appropriating cuddly characteristics such as courage, honesty, friendliness and fun.
    • If the characters intermittently come across as embodiments of ideas and author mouthpieces, the performances go far towards humanizing them.
    • She humanizes Birmingham, showing it inhabited by people like ourselves, and creating a history with which we can identify.
    • We wanted to filter all these statistics and numbers into another form, to transform and humanize them.
    • Those houses were built of the materials furnished by the environment and embedded in hilly landscapes humanized by countless terraces.
    • Rivers are routinely corseted, straightened, shrunk, and rerouted as they are made to fit into our humanized landscapes.
    • It is the simple act of humanizing the struggle, in the most poignant terms, putting a face to a name.
    • Although one school of thought holds her outburst might not be such a bad thing, as it humanizes the family by demonstrating an actual emotion.
    • I humanize the issue for people who think gay people are like aliens.
    • And for a wider audience, a list of names is an effective way to humanize a tragedy of this scope.
    • The important thing isn't to avoid a character like that but to humanize him.
    • Public art could be part of an attempt to humanise our towns and cities, adding character to chain shops and traffic islands.
    • And when a soldier is killed in a war about which many people have mixed feelings, we need to humanise it.
    • It humanizes an issue that a lot of people haven't spent a lot of time thinking about.
    • And referring to that, helps to humanize, personalize, and make clearer, the subject which I originally intended to present.
    • I may begin to humanize them and think of them as persons instead of as animals or some untouchable class.
    Synonyms
    anthropomorphize, personalize

Derivatives

  • humanization

  • noun hjuːmənʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)nˌ(h)jumənəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n
    • This process leads to the humanization of the instructor and enables students to relate more easily to faculty members in a clinical environment.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And some people see this as the humanisation of domestic livestock and the humanisation of pigs that are being used similarly for transplantation research.
      • Our material will be oriented toward helping children better understand the disease and to reduce the stigma associated with having HIV / AIDS and promote the humanization of those infected or affected.
      • People who want the opposite of humanization want propaganda films, which have a very limited value.
      • These shifts have helped create what experts say is one of the most prominent attitudinal drivers of pet industry growth: the increasing anthropomorphism, or humanization, of pets by their owners.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French humaniser, from Latin humanus (see human).

Definition of humanize in US English:

humanize

(British humanise)
verbˈ(h)yo͞oməˌnīzˈ(h)juməˌnaɪz
[with object]
  • 1Make (something) more humane or civilized.

    使(某物)变得人道,使仁慈;使文明,教化

    his purpose was to humanize prison conditions

    他的目的是使监狱条件更人道。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But modern humanity did not understand the civilizing and humanizing mission of higher learning.
    • He campaigned to make public schools free, broaden education for women, and humanize the treatment of mental patients.
    • Indeed, such unofficial communication between hostile nations tends to humanize the enemy and improve the prospects for peace and cooperation.
    • Many of us have been persuaded that cooperating with power is the only way to progressively enlighten and humanise power.
    Synonyms
    civilize, improve, better
  • 2Give (something) a human character.

    使(某物)人性化

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Public art could be part of an attempt to humanise our towns and cities, adding character to chain shops and traffic islands.
    • And referring to that, helps to humanize, personalize, and make clearer, the subject which I originally intended to present.
    • Rivers are routinely corseted, straightened, shrunk, and rerouted as they are made to fit into our humanized landscapes.
    • We wanted to filter all these statistics and numbers into another form, to transform and humanize them.
    • And when a soldier is killed in a war about which many people have mixed feelings, we need to humanise it.
    • Those houses were built of the materials furnished by the environment and embedded in hilly landscapes humanized by countless terraces.
    • From our perspective, of course, it does help to humanize the story.
    • Movies are a good example of this, because in order to make a character exist in a film, you must necessarily personify and humanize that character.
    • Although one school of thought holds her outburst might not be such a bad thing, as it humanizes the family by demonstrating an actual emotion.
    • And for a wider audience, a list of names is an effective way to humanize a tragedy of this scope.
    • I humanize the issue for people who think gay people are like aliens.
    • It humanizes an issue that a lot of people haven't spent a lot of time thinking about.
    • Brands are being used to humanise corporations by appropriating cuddly characteristics such as courage, honesty, friendliness and fun.
    • I may begin to humanize them and think of them as persons instead of as animals or some untouchable class.
    • If the characters intermittently come across as embodiments of ideas and author mouthpieces, the performances go far towards humanizing them.
    • The other characters are, oddly enough, humanized enough to make the show watchable.
    • Only at the end did either character become humanized, and it was too late for the film's success.
    • She humanizes Birmingham, showing it inhabited by people like ourselves, and creating a history with which we can identify.
    • The important thing isn't to avoid a character like that but to humanize him.
    • It is the simple act of humanizing the struggle, in the most poignant terms, putting a face to a name.
    Synonyms
    anthropomorphize, personalize

Origin

Early 17th century: from French humaniser, from Latin humanus (see human).

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