释义 |
maternalize, v. rare.|məˈtɜːnəlaɪz| [f. maternal a. + -ize.] trans. a. To make maternal. b. absol. To employ ‘maternal’ methods (nonce-use).
1877T. Sinclair Mount (1878) 296 Comte and ‘George Eliot’ would methodise, paternalise, and maternalise, till there would be nothing at all wrong in their curious Eden. 1896A. Lang in Longm. Mag. Jan. 315 Blanche Amory and the maternalised Laura. 1899Academy 30 Sept. 331/1 The subjection of women has involved the maternalising of man. He has had to love and care for someone besides himself. |