civilization
civilization 英 [ˌsɪvəlaɪˈzeɪʃn] 美 [ˌsɪvələˈzeɪʃn]
n. 文明；文化
名词复数:civilizations
- Civilization is the opposite of barbarism and chaos. Civilization is an advanced stage of human society, where people live with a reasonable degree of organization and comfort and can think about things like art and education.
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- n. 文明；文化
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1. the technology of modern civilization
现代文明的技术
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2. the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome
古希腊和古罗马的社会文明
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3. diseases that are common in Western civilization
西方文明社会的常见弊病
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4. Environmental damage threatens the whole of civilization.
环境的破坏威胁着整个文明世界。
- civilization (n.) 1704, in a now-obsolete sense "law which makes a criminal process civil," from civil + -ization. Sense of "civilized condition, state of being reclaimed from the rudeness of savage life" first recorded 1772, probably from French civilisation, serving as an opposite to barbarity and a distinct word from civility. From civilize + -ation. Sense of "a particular human society in a civilized condition, considered as a whole over time," is from 1857. Related: Civilizational.
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