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单词 civilization
释义
civilization
noun
(UKusuallycivilisation)
uk
/ˌsɪv.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsɪv.əl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/

civilizationnoun(DEVELOPED SOCIETY)

B2[CorU]
humansocietywithitswelldevelopedsocialorganizations, or thecultureand way oflifeof asocietyorcountryat aparticularperiodintime:
文明社会；（特定时期特定社会或国家的）文明，文化
Somepeoplethinkthatnuclearwarwouldmeanthe end of civilization.有人认为核战争将意味着文明的终结。
Cuzco was thecentreof one of the world's mostfamouscivilizations, that of the Incas.库斯科是世界上最著名的文明之一，即印加文明的中心。
C1[U]mainlyhumorous
aplacethat hascomfortablelivingconditions:
文明世界，舒适的生活环境
How does itfeelto be back in civilization after all thoseweeksin atent?在帐篷里住了这么多星期，重返舒适的文明世界，感觉如何？
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  • Wespentaweekvisitingthewondersof AncientGreekcivilization.
  • Iheardaradioprogrammerecentlyall about the Aztec civilization inCentralAmerica.
  • Historians stillargueabout whatcausessuch amightycivilization tocollapse.
  • Ihatedlivingin such anisolatedplaceandlongedto get back to civilization.
  • Many different civilizations havelefttheirmarkon thecountryanditsculture.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Society - general words
  • amenity
  • civilized
  • consumer society
  • culturomics
  • digital divide
  • hunter-gatherer
  • non-segregated
  • non-segregation
  • non-utility
  • pluralism
  • sociality
  • socially
  • societal
  • society
  • socio-
  • sociocultural
  • sociology
  • superstructure
  • uncivilized
  • utility
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Comfortable and uncomfortable

civilizationnoun(PROCESS)

[U]
theprocessofeducatingasocietyso thatitsculturebecomesmoredeveloped:
教化；开化
The civilization ofBritainby the Romans tookyearstocomplete.罗马人对不列颠人的教化用了许多年才得以完成。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Teaching in general
  • asynchronous
  • chief academic officer
  • CLIL
  • clue
  • clue in
  • communicative
  • didactic
  • instruct
  • multi-course
  • non-conditioned
  • non-didactic
  • non-education
  • non-educational
  • socialize
  • special education
  • SRE
  • synchronous
  • teachsomeonea lessonidiom
  • teachable
  • tutelage
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(Definition ofcivilizationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

civilization| American Dictionary

civilization
noun[C/U]
us
/ˌsɪv·ə·ləˈzeɪ·ʃən,-lɑɪ-/
ahighlydevelopedculture,includingitssocialorganization,government,laws, andarts, or thecultureof asocialgrouporcountryat aparticulartime:
[U]Widespread use of theInternetmaychangemoderncivilization.
[C]The Inca civilizationflourishedfor alongtime.
(Definition ofcivilizationfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcivilization

civilization
A formulation for the number of communicating civilizations in the galaxy.
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Rather, the old, single framework version of area studies that focused on the static lines and boundaries between "peoples", "cultures", and "civilizations" has become outdated.
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The vehicle for achieving legitimation of self and person in ancient civilizations was most often religion, on which this ar ticle will concentrate.
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At its most extensive, ' politeness ' described national characters, entire civilizations, epochs of human history.
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To explain this, the new meta-histories turn to the cultures that define civilizations.
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Explanations for the rise and fall of past civilizations are often formulated within a deterministic framework.
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Individuals bearing the stated characteristics of 'modernity' can be found in most contemporary civilizations and have obviously existed in the past.
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Cultures and civilizations seem to oppose one another just as contrasting ideologies once did.
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Moreover, their analysis does not examine differences in the levels of support within specific civilizations.
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Only great inventions have made it possible for civilizations to keep from sliding back into cycles of repetition.
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We can open up the question of why science should have taken such different for ms in different ancient civilizations.
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The essence of this technological development is visible in the remarkable difference between large-scale projects in the early modern period and in ancient urban civilizations.
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A civilization's pattern languages are often synonymous with its technical and cultural heritage.
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Information disseminated by interlopers, working on local suspicions, bred misconceptions-a catalyst that accelerated and intensified the collision of civilizations.
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There is a strong likelihood that other advanced civilizations would progress through the same application of uranium.
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Collocationswithcivilization

civilization

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advanced civilization
The fact that they take part in the election of the four communes does not confer upon them a moreadvancedcivilization.
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alien civilization
First, we must calculate the probability of receiving a signal from exactly onealiencivilization.
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ancient civilization
Cultivation of crops, hunting, social life, religion and politics of thatancientcivilizationare topics of the exhibition.
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