| 单词 | civilization |
| 释义 | civilization (once / 194 pages) 1n 2n 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. Civilization covers a wide range of human achievement — from the ancient Egyptians, to Mayan and Chinese civilizations, Western civilization, and everything in between. You can use the word more generally — when you're lost in the woods, you’ll be looking for signs of civilization — lights in the distance and smoke rising from chimneys. Civilization comes from Latin civis, "citizen." If you've got citizens, then you've got government and you're moving right along on the path of human advancement. WORD FAMILYcivilization: civilizations+/civil: civiler, civilest, civilian, civilise, civility, civilize, civilly, uncivil/civilian: civilians/civilisation: civilisations/civilise: civilisation, civilised, civilises, civilising/civilised: noncivilised, uncivilised/civility: civilities, incivility/civilize: civilization, civilized, civilizes, civilizing/civilized: noncivilized, uncivilized/incivility: incivilities/uncivil: uncivilly USAGE EXAMPLESFrancis once wrote that he wanted to fight for “the survival of whites as a people and a civilization.” The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) That was devastating, but the mortality rate wasn’t high enough to destroy European civilization. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) According to the official Kwanzaa website , the holiday is based on the annual “first fruit” celebrations of both ancient and modern African civilizations. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n 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 Syn|Hypo|Hyper civilisation Islam, Muslimism the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion society an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization 2n the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization Syn|Hyper civilisation social process a process involved in the formation of groups of persons 3n a particular society at a particular time and place 2early Mayan civilization Syn|Hypo|Hyper civilisation, culture Aegean civilisation, Aegean civilization, Aegean culture the prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries Helladic civilisation, Helladic civilization, Helladic culturethe bronze-age culture of mainland Greece that flourished 2500-1100 BC Indus civilizationthe bronze-age culture of the Indus valley that flourished from about 2600-1750 BC Minoan civilisation, Minoan civilization, Minoan culturethe bronze-age culture of Crete that flourished 3000-1100 BC Mycenaean civilisation, Mycenaean civilization, Mycenaean culturethe late bronze-age culture of Mycenae that flourished 1400-1100 BC Paleo-American culture, Paleo-Amerind culture, Paleo-Indian culturethe prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America Western civilization, Western culturethe modern culture of western Europe and North America Cyclades, Cycladic civilisation, Cycladic civilization, Cycladic culturethe Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the southern Aegean Sea that flourished 3000-1100 BC Clovis culturethe Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America; distinguished chiefly by sharp fluted projectile points made of obsidian or chalcedony Folsom culturethe Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America; distinguished chiefly by a thin finely made flint projectile point having the shape of a leaf society an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization n the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste he is remembered for his generosity and civilization Syn|Hyper civilisation, refinement excellence the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree |
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