civilization
英 [ˌsɪvəlaɪˈzeɪʃn] 美 [ˌsɪvələˈzeɪʃn]

n.

文明，文化；开化，教化；修养；文明社会

变形

复数：civilizations

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [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

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同近义词辨析

civilization, culture

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.)

1. 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。
2. The civilization of mankind has taken thousands of years.
   人类经数千年才文明开化。
3. 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。
4. The civilization of these tribes will take a long time.
   这些部落的开化将需很长时间。
5. These letters revealed her wit and civilization.
   这些信流露出她的教养和才华。
6. 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

War before Civilization
TECHNICS AND CIVILIZATION.
Science and Civilization in China
Technics and Civilization. By Charner M. Perry
War before Civilization: The Myth of the Peaceful Savage
Climate and the collapse of Maya civilization.
Making the Social World: the Structure of Human Civilization. By John R. Searle
The genesis and collapse of third millennium north mesopotamian civilization.
Peace by Peaceful Means: Peace and Conflict, Development and Civilization. by John Galtung
Manliness & Civilization: A Cultural History of Gender and Race in the United States, 1880-1917. By Gail Bederman. (Chicago: Univers...