单词 | humanize |
释义 | humanizeverb hu·man·ize ˈhyü-mə-ˌnīz ˈyü- variants also British humanise humanized; humanizing; humanizes transitive verb 1 a : to represent (something) as human : to attribute human qualities to (something) Much as we try, we can't stop humanizing our horses. Jeffrey Kluger b : to address or portray (someone) in a way that emphasizes that person's humanity or individuality My goal, long before my father ever became homeless, was to humanize those who lived on the streets. Diana Kim c(1) : to include or increase human interaction in (something, such as a process or place) [Stan] Lowe said he's proud of the increased use of alternative-dispute resolution for the type of complaint that can be informally resolved between an officer and a member of the public. … "It humanizes the experience from both perspectives. It really does repair a relationship, but you're doing it one relationship at a time." Louise Dickson (2) : to adapt (something) to human nature or use In this period of rapid change, the city began putting money back into the neighborhood. Over time, there was a conscious effort to invest in humanizing the landscape, including the reinstallation of the now-famous seven steel arches and street trees. Kaylee Harter and Shanti Lerner The fact is, cats play different predatory roles in different natural and humanized landscapes. William S. Lynn 2 : to make (something) humane : soften, civilize Lincoln forged a new lean language to humanize and redeem the first modern war. Gary Wills 3 a : to cause (a nonhuman organism or one of its parts) to include components (such as cells, tissues, or genes) of human origin or to produce human substances or components (such as insulin) It's OK to mess with a creature's "simple" parts—the plumbing in its gut, let's say—but we're risking moral crisis when we start to humanize its neural tissue. Daniel Engber But other forms of humanized mice, such as mice engineered to have a human immune system, are routine laboratory animals that seem to occasion little angst. Nicholas Wade These "humanized" cells were then removed and cloned with tumor cells to make a cell line that produced pure human monoclonal antibodies, the researchers said. Warren E. Leary b : to modify (a nonhuman antibody) by genetic engineering to contain mainly human protein sequences Monoclonals are made by cultivating antibody-producing cells in the immune system of mice, extracting them from the animals' spleen, and then going through an elaborate process to "humanize" the antibodies to avoid immune reactions in human patients. Gary Stix We're using mice to make humanized antibodies that produce cancer drugs. William Saletan humanization ˌhyü-mə-nə-ˈzā-shən noun ˌyü- humanizer noun |
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