civilization
英 [?s?v?la??ze???n]
美[,s?v?l?'ze??n]
- n. 文明；文化
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詞態變化
復數:?civilizations;
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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.
- 文明已瀕臨毀滅的邊緣。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. the technology of modern civilization
- 現代文明的技術
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. I finally reached what we laughingly call civilization.
- 我終于到了我們戲稱為文明之地的地方。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. the last outpost of civilization
- 文明的邊緣地區
來自《權威詞典》