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civilization
[ˌsɪvəlaɪˈzeɪʃn] [ˌsɪvələˈzeɪʃn]

  • n. 文明;文明社会,文明国家;人类社会;舒适的生活环境;教化,开化

[ 复数 civilizations ]

专业释义英英释义

  • 文化
  • 文明
  • 文明

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civilization [ ,sivilai'zeiʃən, -li'z- ]

  • n.
    • a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)

      "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization"

      同义词: civilisation

    • the social process whereby societies achieve civilization

      同义词: civilisation

    • a particular society at a particular time and place

      "early Mayan civilization"

      同义词: culture civilisation

    • the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste

      "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"

      同义词: refinement civilisation

以上来源于: WordNet

 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

civilization /ˌsɪvɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ CET4 TEM4

BRIT also civilisation

  • 1. 

    N-VAR A civilization is a human society with its own social organization and culture. 文明社会

    例:

    The ancient civilizations of Central and Latin America were founded upon corn.

    中美洲和拉丁美洲的古代文明社会是建立在玉米之上的。

  • 2. 

    N-UNCOUNT Civilization is the state of having an advanced level of social organization and a comfortable way of life. 文明

    例:

    ...our advanced state of civilization.

    …我们高度的文明形态。

词组短语同近义词同根词词语辨析

spiritual civilization 精神文明

modern civilization 现代文明

ancient civilization 古代文明;远古文化

material civilization 物质文明

western civilization n. 西方文明;西方文化

socialist political civilization 社会主义政治文明建设

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词根: civil

adj.

civil 公民的;民间的;文职的;有礼貌的;根据民法的

civilized 文明的;有礼貌的

civilised 文明的

n.

civilisation (英)文明(等于civilization)

v.

civilized 教化;使…文明;启发(civilize的过去分词)

vi.

civilize 变得文明

civilise 变成文明社会(等于civilize)

vt.

civilize 使文明;教化;使开化

civilise 教化;文明化;使开化

  civilization, culture

这组词都有“文化,文明”的意思,其区别是:

civilization 指广义的文化,标志人类发展开化的进程。强调物质方面的文明。

culture 侧重指精神方面,即多由科技、文化等所体现的人类智力开发的程度。

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双语例句原声例句权威例句

  • I finally reached what we laughingly call civilization.

    终于到了我们戏称文明之地的地方。

    《牛津词典》

  • Environmental damage threatens the whole of civilization.

    环境破坏威胁着整个文明世界

    《牛津词典》

  • It's good to be back in civilization after two weeks in a tent!

    帐篷里住了两个星期又回到人类文明的生活可真好呀!

    《牛津词典》

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  • Traditional healers spoke the language at least as early as the fifteenth century during the height of the Inca civilization.

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  • That is to say for many, many, many people literary theory had something to do with the end of civilization as we know it.

    这就是说对于很多很多人来说,文学理论与,我们所知道的文明的结束有些关联。

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  • The civilization of the West, however, was not the result of some inevitable process through which other cultures will automatically pass.

    然而,西方文明的发展之路,并非经历了其他文明必经之途中,一些不可避免的发展过程

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百科

civilization

civilization是一个英语单词,名词,作名词时意为“ 文明;文化”。

详细内容

以上来源于: 百度百科

词组短语

spiritual civilization 精神文明

modern civilization 现代文明

ancient civilization 古代文明;远古文化

material civilization 物质文明

western civilization n. 西方文明;西方文化

socialist political civilization 社会主义政治文明建设

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