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to make something lessunpleasantand moresuitableforpeople: 使…人性化Steps are being taken to humanize theprison.正在采取措施使监狱更加人性化。 to show that someone has thequalities, weaknesses, etc. that aretypicalof ahuman, in a way that makes you morelikelytofeelsympathyfor them: Thefilmtriesto humanize thegangmembers, who showtouchesoftendernessdespitetheirruthlessexploits. to make something that is nothumanseemlike aperson, or totreatsomething that is nothumanas if it is aperson: TogainsupportfromCongress, they humanized thecompany. - Thisarchitectknowshow to humanizemodernbuildings.
- They wereableto humanize theimpersonalInternet.
- Theliberalartshumanizepeople. That's why youteachthem.
- Thelosshumanized her, making herseemlessroboticandshowingshe could begracefulindefeat.
- If we humanize thecatto theextentwhere westartto give ithumanmedication, we may behurtingit when we aretryingto bekind.
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See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Sympathy & compassion Behaving, interacting and behaviour to make something lessunpleasantand moresuitableforpeople 使…人性化Steps are being taken to humanize theprison.正在采取措施使监狱更加人性化。 humanize| American Dictionaryto make someone or somethingkinder,gentler, or moreagreeable: Ifpeoplewere just a little morecourteous, it would humanize thiscitya lot. Examplesofhumanizehumanize Their narratives on building gender and class identity both materialize andhumanizethe analysis of research data.From theCambridge English Corpus In nonviolent fashion, this will both defeat the repetitions of the machine andhumanizethe worker.From theCambridge English Corpus The elephant continued to be humanized, at least in part because of the culture of putting beasts in cages.From theCambridge English Corpus Correspondingly less and less is devoted to humanized care.From theCambridge English Corpus Other "organization as machine" or "organization as process" metaphors were humanized during this period.From theCambridge English Corpus It is a credo that runs through his life's work: music must stir up, awaken consciousness and conscience, socialise,humanize.From theCambridge English Corpus It is at least possible that the spread of globalization and of market interactions may eventually lead to greater humanizing tendencies.From theCambridge English Corpus Prevention of severe infection in high-risk infants is achieved through immunoprophylaxis with specific antibody-containing preparations, especially humanized, murine monoclonal antibody (palivizumab).From theCambridge English Corpus In the same way, the (humanizing) immigrant metaphor organizes our view of the sparrow.From theCambridge English Corpus The effectiveness of metaphors both naturalizing and humanizing relies on the existence of common assumptions about the object of comparison.From theCambridge English Corpus I think it humanizes them in a different sort of way.From theCambridge English Corpus Arguably, the sheer number of towns, their independence and their small size all played a part in humanizing industrialization.From theCambridge English Corpus While the first generations of scholarly endeavors of all awakening peoples strive tohumanizethe language, subsequent generations are concerned with purifying their language of the unsuccessful scholastic elements.From theCambridge English Corpus Surely the threat to human dignity, if there is such a threat, would be all the more significant with efforts to "humanize" our more distant nonhuman relatives?From theCambridge English Corpus Globalization, even if predominantly through the growth of market relations, can help to familiarize and therefore tohumanizepeople who would otherwise feel no connection to one another.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |