| 释义 |
unˈcivilize, v.
[un-2 6 c.]
trans. To deprive of civil, civilized, or civic character; to decivilize. Also absol.
1603J. Davies (Heref.) Microcosmos Wks. (Grosart) I. 18/1 When the civill Sword's vncivilliz'd In mightiest Empires. 1633Rowley Match at Midn. iv. H 2 b, I will uncivillize that injured civilitie which you so scurvily slander. 1690T. Burnet Theory Earth ii. 16 That is commonly the vanity of great empires, to uncivilize in a manner all the rest of the world. 1811Henry & Isabella II. 207 If the principle of force is to be sanctioned, the tendency of it is to uncivilize. Ibid. 212 Nor do I mean to deny that..it would not have the same effect of uncivilizing. |