civilisation
英 [ˌsɪvɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən]
美 [ˌsɪvəlɪˈzeɪʃən]
文明的轨迹; 文明的脚印; 文明课
BNC.7162
柯林斯词典
- → see:civilization
英英释义
noun
- the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
- a man of intellectual refinement
- he is remembered for his generosity and civilization
- a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
- the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization
- a particular society at a particular time and place
- early Mayan civilization
- the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization
双语例句
- A dam is a sign of social progress and civilisation, he said.
他说：大坝是社会进步和文明的象征。 - We wanted to single out the main threat to civilisation.
我们想特别指出威胁文明的主要因素。 - 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。 - For at least two millennia the state has been seen as the guardian and embodiment of Chinese civilisation.
在至少两千年的时间里，政府被视为中华文明的守卫者和化身。 - 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。 - History had ended with the triumph of western civilisation.
历史以西方文明的胜利进行了终结。 - But they have common antecedents in Greek and Roman civilisation and monotheistic Christianity.
但它们都源于希腊与罗马文明，以及一神论的基督教。 - Far from being sinister, pleasing people is the very foundation of civilisation and of capitalism.
取悦他人绝非阴险，而恰恰是文明和资本主义的基础。 - 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。 - Bread in the sense of food is the indispensable basis of human culture and civilisation.
面包在食品意义上是人文化和文明的不可缺少的基础。