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

• 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。
• 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。
• History had ended with the triumph of western civilisation.
  历史以西方文明的胜利进行了终结。
• Three major narratives intertwine within Foucault's text, 'Madness and Civilisation'
  3个主要故事在福柯的《疯癫与文明》一书当中密切相联。
• 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。
• Culture and religion do not a civilisation make.
  文化和宗教不会产生一个文明。
• 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。
• He really thinks that European civilisation is morally bankrupt.
  他确实认为欧洲文明道德沦丧。
• 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。