domesticate

英 [də'mestɪkeɪt] 美 [də'mɛstɪket]
  • vt. 驯养;教化;引进
  • vi. 驯养;使习惯于或喜爱家务和家庭生活
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domesticate 驯养

来自拉丁语domus, 家,词源同domain. 即家养的,驯养。

domesticate (v.)
1630s, of animals; 1741, of persons, "to cause to be attached to home and family;" from Medieval Latin domesticatus, past participle of domesticare "to tame," literally "to dwell in a house," from domesticus (see domestic). Related: Domesticated; domesticating.
1. Some men are very hard to domesticate.
有些男人很难做好家务活。

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2. Many thousand years ago people learned how to domesticate animals.
数千年以前人们就学会了饲养动物.

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3. Objective: to do domesticate cultivation of Asarum heteropodies Fr.
目的: 驯化栽培北细辛、华细辛.

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4. It's difficult to domesticate a bachelor.
很难使一个单身汉适应家庭生活.

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5. If you domesticate this raccoon, it will have trouble living in the wild.
如果你驯养这只浣熊, 它生活在野外将会有困难.

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