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

• Perhaps stories such as this are fables that suggest the need for a reconciliation between civilisation and the wild.
  类似的故事或许表明文明社会和荒野需要和解。
• Athens, the capital of Greece, is known as the birthplace of western civilisation.
  雅典是希腊的首都，作为西方文明的发源地而文明。
• Culture and religion do not a civilisation make.
  文化和宗教不会产生一个文明。
• That a people still exists is not the same thing as a civilisation still existing.
  一群人还存在与一个文明还存在是不同的。
• Far from being sinister, pleasing people is the very foundation of civilisation and of capitalism.
  取悦他人绝非阴险，而恰恰是文明和资本主义的基础。
• 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。
• Hunger and drought led to the collapse of Mayan civilisation a millennium ago.
  一千年前饥荒和旱灾引发了玛雅文明的失落；
• A dam is a sign of social progress and civilisation, he said.
  他说：大坝是社会进步和文明的象征。
• Energy and ideas are the twin bases of our civilisation.
  能源和思想是我们文明的两大基石。
• 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。