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
- That almost certainly predates human civilisation.
那几乎是在人类文明之前了。 - Knowledge about this great civilisation came to the Occident indirectly however in its Greek version.
而西方人是间接地从希腊了解关于这种伟大文明的知识。 - Hunger and drought led to the collapse of Mayan civilisation a millennium ago.
一千年前饥荒和旱灾引发了玛雅文明的失落； - He really thinks that European civilisation is morally bankrupt.
他确实认为欧洲文明道德沦丧。 - 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。 - 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 a people still exists is not the same thing as a civilisation still existing.
一群人还存在与一个文明还存在是不同的。 - 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。 - Athens, the capital of Greece, is known as the birthplace of western civilisation.
雅典是希腊的首都，作为西方文明的发源地而文明。 - The major determinant of a civilisation is scientific knowledge and technology, facilitated by ease of communication within it.
成为文明的主要的决定因素是科学知识和技术，由他们内部交流的扩大而促进。