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英语单词 civilization
英美音标 英 [ˌsɪvəlaɪ'zeɪʃn] 美 [ˌsɪvələ'zeɪʃn]
中文释义 n.文明;开化;教养
英语例句 (1) Chinese civilization is one of the oldest in the world.
(2) The civilization of mankind has taken thousands of years.
(3) In some ways, civilization does not seem to have progressed much in the last century.
(4) The civilization of these tribes will take a long time.
(5) These letters revealed her wit and civilization.
(6) He is remembered for his generosity and civilization.
中文例句 (1) 中国文化是世界上最古老的文化之一。
(2) 人类经数千年才文明开化。
(3) 在某些方面,上个世纪文明似乎进展不大。
(4) 这些部落的开化将需很长时间。
(5) 这些信流露出她的教养和才华。
(6) 他因慷慨和良好的教养而被人们怀念。
vocabulary简明 Civilization is the opposite of barbarism and chaos. Civilization is an advanced stage of human society, where people live with a reasonable degree of organization and comfort and can think about things like art and education.
vocabulary扩展 Civilization covers a wide range of human achievement — from the ancient Egyptians, to Mayan and Chinese civilizations, Western civilization, and everything in between. You can use the word more generally — when you're lost in the woods, you’ll be looking for signs of civilization — lights in the distance and smoke rising from chimneys. Civilization comes from Latin civis, "citizen." If you've got citizens, then you've got government and you're moving right along on the path of human advancement.
柯林斯解释
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 civilisation
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[N-VAR 可变名词]文明社会 A civilization is a human society with its own social organization and culture.
  • The ancient civilizations of Central and Latin America were founded upon corn...

    古代中美洲和拉丁美洲的文明社会是建立在玉米之上的。

  • It seemed to him that western civilization was in grave economic and cultural danger.

    在他看来,西方文明似乎陷入严重的经济和文化危机。

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]文明;文明的生活 Civilization is the state of having an advanced level of social organization and a comfortable way of life.
  • ...our advanced state of civilisation.

    我们高度发达的文明

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]文明地区 You can refer to a place where you can enjoy the comforts that you consider to be necessary as civilization .
  • ...when I returned to civilization.

    我重新回到文明地区时

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