civilisation

n. （英）文明（等于civipzation）

n.

文明，文化；

英英释义

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

n.

the social process whereby societies achieve civilization

同义词：civilization

a particular society at a particular time and place

同义词：culturecivilization

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

同义词：civilization

the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste

同义词：refinementcivilization

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

But the concept of civilisation itself is not.
但是，文明的概念本身并不是。

One can also put this in terms of technology, rather than civilisation.
有人可能也给这种事以技术学的而不是文明的术语。

The gaunt and grave civilisation of the thirteenth century was presented with that of the nineteenth, grinning, prosperous, and well armed.
十三世纪的贫乏而朴素的文化就和那微笑的，昌盛的而又武装得很好的十九世纪的文明呈现在一起了。

权威例句

civilisation (n.)

chiefly British English spelling of civilization. Also see -ize.

1. Perhaps intelligence and civilisation are not what we should be concentrating on.

也许智能和文明不属于我们应该关注的问题。

2. If I have understood you correctly, you are proposing to do nothing to prevent the likely collapse of industrial civilisation.

如果我对你的理解正确的话，你在主张不做任何事情去防止可能的工业文明的崩溃。

3. Let us examine our history and see how men - the master race for all of our recorded history in almost every corner of every human civilisation - have fared so far.

嗯，让我们检查一下我们的历史，并且看看男性——在我们所有现存历史，几乎每一个人类文明的角落都是统治者的族群，是如何发展的。

4. The Copenhagen meeting has the potential - more than any gathering of human beings before it - to affect how our civilisation develops.

哥本哈根会议比以前的任何一次人类集会都更有改变我们文明发展进程的潜力。

5. The interesting question, and the one that probably divides us, is this: to what extent should we welcome the likely collapse of industrial civilisation?

有一个有趣的，而且可能是区分我们两者的问题是：要到什么程度，我们才应该欢迎可能到来的工业文明的崩溃？

6. We have constructed the entire edifice of our civilisation on this idea.

我们基于这一知觉构建了我们文明的整个大厦。

7. So why, in the middle of the 15th century, did this advanced civilisation suddenly cease its spectacular progress?

那么为什么到了15世纪中期，这一发达的文明突然停止前进的脚步？

8. It all adds up to a simulacrum of French village life – but without the tedium, because you are in the epicentre of civilisation.

这全都构成了法国乡村生活的假象，不过并没有乡村生活的单调，因为你正身处文明的中心。

9. On the other hand "shareholding" meant leisure and freedom which was used by many of the later Victorians for the highest purpose of a great civilisation.

另一方面，"持股"意味着悠闲和自由，维多利亚后期许多人把这种有钱有闲的生活视为伟大文明的最高目标。

10. To understand our situation, we need to step back and ask: what constitutes a fundamental change in the nature of civilisation?

要想了解自己的处境，我们必须退后一步问：是什么构成了文明本质的根本改变？

11. Our civilisation will not survive in anything like its present form, but we can at least aim for a managed retreat to a saner world.

我们的文明将无法以任何一种目前的形式维系，不过我们至少能有目标地稳步后撤，回到一个更理智的世界。

12. Be they right or not, a sexual act that falls so far from the standards of Western civilisation as to end with the asphyxiation of a goat should not be negotiated with.

无论他们有没有这种权利，一种离西方的文明标准偏离了太多的以致以一只山羊的窒息而死收场性行为是没得商量的。

13. Those opposing action on climate change understand this well and frequently use images of electric light at night in their publicity as a metaphor for excitement, civilisation, and progress.

那些反对环保行动的人深知这一点，经常在他们的宣传中使用夜晚电灯的形象，作为兴奋、文明和进步的隐喻。

14. Both China and Africa are cradles of human civilisation and lands of great promise.

中国和非洲都是人类文明的发祥地，都是充满希望的热土。

15. But they have common antecedents in Greek and Roman civilisation and monotheistic Christianity.

但它们都源于希腊与罗马文明，以及一神论的基督教。

16. The government’s first white paper on democracy in China, in 2005, began: “Democracy is an outcome of the development of political civilisation of mankind.

2005年，中国的第一本人权白皮书在开始处写道：“民主是人类政治文明发展到一定程度的自然结果。

17. But why did a once-mighty civilisation succumb to the West?

但为什么，一个一度强大的文明竟会屈服于西方呢？

18. What is beyond doubt is that Homo sapiens survived and turned to farming soon after the ice retreated, setting the stage for the rise of modern civilisation.

智人幸存下来，并在冰层退后不久转向以耕种为生却是不容置疑的事实，那为现代文明的崛起奠定了基础。

19. It shows the extent of our civilisation, the patterns of our global sprawl, how human-influenced our planet now is.

这显示出了我们的文明程度、全球扩张的模式、以及现如今人类对地球的有多大影响。

20. It shows the extent of our civilisation, the patterns of our global sprawl, how human-influenced our planet now is.

这显示出了我们的文明程度、全球扩张的模式、以及现如今人类对地球的有多大影响。