civilization是什麽意思

civilization

英 [ˌsɪvɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən] 美 [,sɪvələ'zeʃən]

n. 文明；文化

英文詞源

civilization (n.): 1704, "law which makes a criminal process civil," from civilize + -ation. Sense of "civilized condition" first recorded 1772, probably from French civilisation, to be an opposite to barbarity and a distinct word from civility. Sense of a particular human society in a civilized condition, considered as a whole over time, is from 1857. Related: Civilizational.

雙語例句

1. I think we can date the decline of Western Civilization quite precisely.: 我認為我們可以相當準確地確定西方文明開始衰落的年代。

2. Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.: 文明已瀕臨毀滅的邊緣。

3. the technology of modern civilization: 現代文明的技術

4. I finally reached what we laughingly call civilization.: 我終於到了我們戲稱為文明之地的地方。

5. the last outpost of civilization: 文明的邊緣地區

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