civilization

n. 文明；文化

n.

文明，文化；开化，教化；修养；文明社会

变形

复数：civilizations

双语释义

[U]文明,文化 the way people live together in a certain place at a certain time

英英释义

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：culturecivilisation

the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste

"he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"

同义词：refinementcivilisation

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

adopt a civilization汲取文明

create〔destroy〕 the civilization创造〔毁灭〕文明

spread civilization传播文明

形容词+～

ancient civilization古代文明

modern civilization现代文明

great civilization伟大文明

high civilization高度文明

moral civilization道德文明

spiritual civilization精神文明

Oriental civilization东方文明

Western civilization西方文明

名词+～

city civilization城市文明

machine civilization机械文明

介词+～

level of civilization文明水准

march toward civilization向文明前进

～+介词

civilization of the future未来的文明

civilization on a modern basis现代基础上的文明

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

同近义词辨析

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。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

Chinese civilization is one of the oldest in the world.
中国文化是世界上最古老的文化之一。

The civilization of mankind has taken thousands of years.
人类经数千年才文明开化。

In some ways, civilization does not seem to have progressed much in the last century.
在某些方面，上个世纪文明似乎进展不大。

The civilization of these tribes will take a long time.
这些部落的开化将需很长时间。

These letters revealed her wit and civilization.
这些信流露出她的教养和才华。

He is remembered for his generosity and civilization.
他因慷慨和良好的教养而被人们怀念。

权威例句

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.

1. All civilization ought to be aroused against war.

应唤起整个文明世界来反对战争。

《新英汉大辞典》

2. The Chinese civilization is one of the oldest in the world.

中国文化是世界上最古老的文化之一。

《新英汉大辞典》

3. The Sung Dynasty contributed three great inventions to world civilization.

宋朝为世界文明做出了三大发明的贡献。

《21世纪大英汉词典》

4. Rome Columns outlast the civilization that built them.

古罗马文化业已衰亡，而以其文明所建的圆柱现在依然存在。

《21世纪大英汉词典》

5. They did so, not only because of expansionist greed, but because they had little respect for the greatness of its civilization.

它们这样做不仅仅是因为扩张主义的贪婪，而且是因为它们不尊重中国伟大的文明。

6. With them I buy civilization.

通过纳税，我换取文明。

7. Well, the reason I think essentially is again back to the civilization state.

好吧，我认为实质上，原因得再次追溯到这文明国家。

8. There is no clash of civilizations, only a clash between those who are for civilization, and those who are against it.

并没有所谓文明的冲突，而只有那些赞成文明的人和那些反对文明的人之间的冲突。

9. Two thousand years ago, the word “Rome” meant civilization itself.

两千年前，“罗马”这个词本身就意味着文明。

10. But here I am in China, in my second year of living in this amazingly progressive civilization, and I can honestly say that I have never once regretted my decision to teach in China.

但是，现在我就在另，已经是在这个正以惊人的速度前进的文明国度里的第二年了。我可以真诚地说，对于在中国教书的决定，我从不曾后悔过。

11. Immigrants coming to America with this type of beliefs and strong traditions sets good examples for our western civilization.

具有这种类型信仰和传统的移民来到美国，为西方文明树立了良好的榜样。

12. I also believe we should upgrade the level of our civilization and have better social conduct.

我同时还相信，我们应该提升我们的文明水平并提供一个更好的社会风气。

13. And we will not allow any terrorist or tyrant to threaten civilization with weapons of mass murder.

我们不会允许恐怖分子和暴君用大规模的屠杀行为威胁人类的文明。

14. Each one of these names corresponds to a variety of those misshapen fungi from the under side of civilization.

这些名字中的每一个都代表文明底下的那些奇形怪状的毒蕈中的一种。

15. Traditionally, that meant insisting that any rise in the price of gold would mean the end of Western civilization.

从传统上讲，就是坚持任何黄金价格的上涨都意味着西方文明的终结这种观点。

16. Should you marry for yourself, your children, your parents, civilization or the benefits?

你应该为了自己、孩子、父母、文明和利益而结婚吗？

17. All this, he writes, “began with water, the sine qua non of any civilization.

他写道，所有这些，“来源于水，水是任何文明产生的必不可少的条件。”

18. America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

美国是唯一一个直接从野蛮进入颓废、中间没有经过文明阶段的社会。

19. In the Western, these themes are forefronted, to the extent that the arrival of law and "civilization" is often portrayed as regrettable, if inevitable.

在西部片中，这些主题被置于法律所及范围的最前沿，如果回避不了，那么“文明”通常被描述为可悲的。

20. How it could happen: There are any number of theories for how human civilization -- the world as we know it -- might end.

它是怎样产生的：有很多关于人类文明是怎样的理论——就我们所知道的世界可能已经结束。

21. It has always been so, since our civilization began.

我们的文明开始之后，就一直是这样。

22. The archeologist said that the pyramids are the remnants of an alien civilization.

里边的考古学家说这些金字塔是一种地域外文明的遗迹。

23. Who knows, we might even start to leave behind text messages and comment threads that our civilization can be proud of.

谁知道呢，我们也许甚至会开始遗忘那些我们的文明本来以之为荣的短信息和评论。

24. It is an expression that conveys the unique cultural quality and elegance of Chinese civilization.

它是一种表情，传递着华夏文明所独具的人文特质和优雅品格。

25. It is an expression that conveys the unique cultural quality and elegance of Chinese civilization.

它是一种表情，传递着华夏文明所独具的人文特质和优雅品格。

26. Ancient Greece was an advanced civilization.

古希腊是个先进的文明国家。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

27. This game provides dozens of examples of RVMF in its main interface, which is a map of the historical world that you, as a leader of an evolving civilization, are trying to build and conquer.

这个游戏在主界面中提供了许多丰富视觉非模态反馈的例子，它描述的是一幅历史世界的图景。 你作为进化的文明社会领导人，可以进行建设和征服。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓

28. retrograde in civilization

在文化上退步

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

29. adopt foreign civilization

吸取外国文明

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

30. Greece was the cradle of Western civilization.

希腊是西方文明的策源地。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

31. material civilization

物质文明

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

32. found a great civilization on a modern basis

创立现代基础上的伟大文明

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

33. civilization stagnates

文明停滞不前

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

34. civilization progresses

文明在发展

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

35. Civilization uses RVMF to indicate a half-dozen things about a city, all represented visually. If a city is more advanced, its architecture is more modern. If it is larger, the icon is larger and more embellished. If there is civil unrest, smoke rises from the city.

这个游戏用丰富视觉非模态反馈象征城市的6种事物，如果城市更先进，它的结构就会更现代；如果它更大，图标就会更大更富有装饰性；如果有城市暴乱，就会有烟雾从城市升起。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓