civilization

英 [ˌsɪvəlaɪˈzeɪʃn]

美 [ˌsɪvələˈzeɪʃn]

n.  文明; (特定时期和地区的)社会文明; 文明世界; 文明社会

复数：civilizations　

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同义词辨析

civilizationculture【导航词义：文明】

牛津词典

noun

• 文明
  a state of human society that is very developed and organized
  1. the technology of modern civilization
     现代文明的技术
  2. The Victorians regarded the railways as bringing progress and civilization.
     维多利亚时代的人认为铁路带来了进步和文明。
• （特定时期和地区的）社会文明
  a society, its culture and its way of life during a particular period of time or in a particular part of the world
  1. the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome
     古希腊和古罗马的社会文明
  2. diseases that are common in Western civilization
     西方文明社会的常见弊病
• 文明世界；文明社会
  all the people in the world and the societies they live in, considered as a whole
  1. Environmental damage threatens the whole of civilization.
     环境的破坏威胁着整个文明世界。
• 人类文明的生活
  a place that offers you the comfortable way of life of a modern society
  1. It's good to be back in civilization after two weeks in a tent!
     在帐篷里住了两个星期后又回到人类文明的生活可真好呀！

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 civilisation


• N-VAR 文明社会
  Acivilizationis a human society with its own social organization and culture.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-UNCOUNT 文明;文明的生活
  Civilizationis the state of having an advanced level of social organization and a comfortable way of life.
  1. ...our advanced state of civilisation.
     我们高度发达的文明
• N-UNCOUNT 文明地区
  You can refer to a place where you can enjoy the comforts that you consider to be necessary ascivilization.
  1. ...when I returned to civilization.
     我重新回到文明地区时

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:refinementcivilisation
• 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:civilisation
• a particular society at a particular time and place
  1. early Mayan civilization
  Synonym:culturecivilisation
• the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization
  Synonym:civilisation

双语例句

• One age bequeaths its civilization to the next.
  前一代将其文明传给后一代。
• Books have played a vital role in the development of human civilization.
  书在人类文明发展史上扮演了重要的角色。
• When it was time to leave and return to civilization we both felt rejuvenated
  当就要离开这里返回文明世界时，我们俩都觉得恢复了活力。
• The old civilization was fast falling into decay.
  旧文化很快地衰落下去。
• They were in the van of civilization.
  他们是文明的先导者。
• A civilization is the collective memory of a country or a nation.
  一个国家和民族的文明是一个国家和民族的集体记忆。
• The Indus civilization was brought to light in excavation by Sir John Marshall in the1920s.
  印度河文化是约翰·马歇尔爵士20世纪20年代进行的发掘中发现的。
• 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。
• It is with education that we inherit, continue and develop our civilization and make it more brilliant.
  依靠教育，我们继承，延续和发展了我们的文明并使其光辉灿烂。
• When a tribe encounters civilization, the first things to get trampled underfoot are the religious beliefs of the tribe.
  当一个部落遭遇文明，首先被践踏脚下的是该部落的宗教信仰。