civilization

英 [ˌsɪv.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən]      美 [ˌsɪv.əl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən]
  • n. 文明;文化
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将“civilization”拆分为“civ-il-ization”。想象一个“ci”是城市的缩写,如“City”,而“-il-”是“like”的变体,表示“类似”或“如同”,最后“-ization”是“-ize”动词后缀,代表“化”。整个词可以想象为“城市类似化”,即“文明”的形成过程。

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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. I think we can date the decline of Western Civilization quite precisely.
我认为我们可以相当准确地确定西方文明开始衰落的年代。
2. Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.
文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。
3. the technology of modern civilization
现代文明的技术
4. I finally reached what we laughingly call civilization.
我终于到了我们戏称为文明之地的地方。
5. the last outpost of civilization
文明的边缘地区

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