发现以前文明的遗迹，真令人兴奋。
这部歌剧是西方文明的文化标志之一。
This opera is one of the cultural totems of Western civilization.
昨天的证词是在一种激烈但文明的争执氛围中开始的。
Yesterday's testimony began on a note of passionate but civilized disagreement.
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！
It's good to be back in civilization after two weeks in a tent!
它对人类文明的进步至关重要。
中国是古代文明的发源地之一。
我们花了一周时间游览古希腊文明的奇观。
We spent a week visiting the wonders of Ancient Greek civilization.
他们是文明的先导者。
筷子被西方人高度赞扬为古代东方文明的标志。
Chopsticks are highly praised by Westerners as a hallmark of ancient oriental civilization.
乍一看，这片平原似乎不像是一个文明的家园。
At first sight, the plain did not appear to be a likely home for a civilization.
科学也有文化历史，其根源可以追溯到文明的开端。
Science has a cultural history, too, with roots going back to the dawn of civilization.
认为罗马是希腊-罗马文明的晚辈这种观念是错误的。
It would be wrong to suggest that Rome was somehow a junior partner in Greco-Roman civilization.
然而，科学也有文化历史，其根源可以追溯到文明的黎明。
Yet science has a cultural history, too, with roots going back to the dawn of civilization.
现代人对罗马文明的态度，从印象极其深刻到彻底厌恶都有。
Modern attitudes to Roman civilization range from the infinitely impressed to the thoroughly disgusted.
因此，我们听到的任何其他文明的平均年龄都可能比我们自己的年龄大得多。
Thus any other civilisation that we hear from is likely to be far older, on average, than ourselves.
难以想象，希腊人可以在没有与这些东方文明的联系情况下，建立了一个伟大的文明。
It is inconceivable the Greeks could have developed a civilization that they did without contact with these eastern civilizations.
无论如何，那次谈话让我想到了一些考古发现，它们确实改变了我们对古代文明的理解。
At any rates, that conversation got me thinking about archaeological finds that really changed our understanding of ancient civilizations.
我也抵制这样一种观点，即粮食短缺不仅会拖垮个别国家的政府，还会波及全球文明的发展。
I, too, have resisted the idea that food shortages could bring down not only individual governments but also our global civilization.
我们预计每年用于拯救文明的开支合计不到2000亿美元，相当于目前全球军费开支的六分之一。
The cost we project for saving civilization would amount to less than $200 billion a year, 1/6 of current global military spending.
然而，我也反对这样一种观点，即粮食短缺不仅会拖垮个别国家的政府，还会波及全球文明的发展。
Yet I, too, have resisted the idea that food shortages could bring down not only individual governments but also our global civilization.
然而，我们预计每年用于拯救文明的开支合计不到2000亿美元，相当于目前全球军费开支的六分之一。
Yet the cost we project for saving civilization would amount to less than $200 billion a year, 1/6 of current global military spending.
这项运动享有很文明的声誉。
对动物的这种虐待在任何文明的社会里都是无法容忍的。
This barbaric treatment of animals has no place in any decent society.
我认为，任何伤害到动物的体育运动都是野蛮的、不文明的。
I think any sport involving harm to animals is barbaric and uncivilized.
一个文明的网络空间将使我们的生活更加丰富多彩。
当遇到不文明的行为时，只有头脑最冷静、脾气最好的司机才能忍住不报复。
It takes the most cool-headed and good-tempered of drivers to resist the temptation to retaliate when subjected to uncivilized behavior.
当遇到不文明的行为时，只有头脑最冷静、脾气最好的司机才能抵制报复的诱惑。
It takes the most cool-headed and good-tempered of drivers to resist the temptation to revenge when subjected to uncivilized behavior.
戴蒙德写道，他们的孤立文明的崩溃，是“我们未来可能面临的最糟糕的情况”。
The collapse of their isolated civilization, Diamond writes, is a "worst-case scenario for what may lie ahead of us in our own future".
格拉泽声称，这些建于公元400年至1400年间的土方工程是城市文明的核心。
Glaser claims that these earth works, built between AD 400 and 1400, were at the heart of urban civilizations.
这样一种文明的存在本身就会告诉我们，长期生存是可能的，并给我们一些乐观的理由。
The mere existence of such a civilisation will tell us that long-term survival is possible, and gives us some cause for optimism.
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