| 单词 | humane |
| 释义 | humane (once / 817 pages) 1adj 2adj A humane person is one who shows great compassion and caring for others, including animals, and who tries whenever possible to alleviate another's suffering. The idea of being humane is linked to a higher level of a person's character. While the word is derived from the word human, the sad fact is that a person can be human without being humane. Britain's Royal Humane Society, created in 1774 to rescue drowning people, focuses on recognizing acts of human bravery. In the United States, however, the Humane Society works to eliminate cruelty to animals. Still, both focus on kindness and the humane care of others. WORD FAMILYhumane: humanely, humaneness, humaner, humanest, inhumane+/inhumane: inhumanely, inhumaneness USAGE EXAMPLESDeann Shepherd of the Humane Society of Utah says current law already requires shelter, but fails to define what that means. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The prison at Guantanamo Bay should continue to serve as a secure, humane location for holding dangerous terrorists. Wall Street Journal(Dec 26, 2016) They are the potential recruits of a humane political conservatism. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) 1 1adj marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering Syn|Ant civilised, civilized having a high state of culture and development both social and technological compassionateshowing or having compassion humanhaving human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings child-centereddesigned to promote a child's personal qualities rather than to provide training or information human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanistic, humanitarianmarked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare mercifulshowing or giving mercy inhumane lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering beastly, bestial, brutal, brute, brutishresembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility cannibalicmarked by barbarity suggestive of a cannibal; rapaciously savage cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensatewithout compunction or human feeling pitiless, unkinddeficient in humane and kindly feelings painfulcausing physical or psychological pain 2adj showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement 2Syn civilised, civilized having a high state of culture and development both social and technological adj pertaining to or concerned with the humanities a humane education Syn humanist, humanistic |
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