civilisation

英 [ˌsɪvɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən]

美 [ˌsɪvəlɪˈzeɪʃən]

文明的轨迹; 文明的脚印; 文明课

复数：civilisations　

高考TEM8

BNC.7162

柯林斯词典

• → see:civilization

英英释义

noun

• the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
  1. a man of intellectual refinement
  2. he is remembered for his generosity and civilization
  Synonym:refinementcivilization
• a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
  1. the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization
  Synonym:civilization
• a particular society at a particular time and place
  1. early Mayan civilization
  Synonym:culturecivilization
• the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization
  Synonym:civilization

双语例句

• History had ended with the triumph of western civilisation.
  历史以西方文明的胜利进行了终结。
• It has been many centuries since the Mediterranean Sea was the centre of civilisation.
  现在距地中海为文明中心的时代已有许多个世纪了。
• That almost certainly predates human civilisation.
  那几乎是在人类文明之前了。
• Now that we have the capacity to destroy civilisation, relations among powerful states have become perilous.
  现如今，我们有能力摧毁文明，强国之间的关系也开始变得危险。
• The most important political value for the Chinese is unity, is the maintenance of Chinese civilisation.
  政治上对中国最重要的价值是统一，是去维持中国文明。
• He really thinks that European civilisation is morally bankrupt.
  他确实认为欧洲文明道德沦丧。
• The civilisation in Central America today is not at all like the civilisation there a thousand years ago.
  现今的中美洲文明与一千年前的文明是不完全相同的。
• Civilisation and culture can spread, and so can peace and development.
  文明文化可以传播，和平发展也可以传播。
• Eventually we found civilisation and contacted the British Embassy.
  最终，我们回到了文明社会，并与英国大使馆取得了联系。
• Perhaps stories such as this are fables that suggest the need for a reconciliation between civilisation and the wild.
  类似的故事或许表明文明社会和荒野需要和解。