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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They are the same civilisation as us.
  他们是跟我们一样的文明市民。
• That almost certainly predates human civilisation.
  那几乎是在人类文明之前了。
• This opera is one of the cultural totems of Western civilisation.
  这部歌剧是西方文明的文化标志物之一。
• History had ended with the triumph of western civilisation.
  历史以西方文明的胜利进行了终结。
• Altman asserted, 'We were making a political statement about western civilisation and greed.'
  奥尔特曼坚称，“我们那时正要发表一份关于西方文明和贪婪的政治宣言。”