civilizations

英 [ˌsɪvɪlaɪˈzeɪʃənz]

美 [ˌsɪvəlɪˈzeɪʃənz]

n.  文明; (特定时期和地区的)社会文明; 文明世界; 文明社会
civilization的复数

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 civilisation


• N-VAR 文明社会
  Acivilizationis a human society with its own social organization and culture.
  1. The ancient civilizations of Central and Latin America were founded upon corn...
     古代中美洲和拉丁美洲的文明社会是建立在玉米之上的。
  2. It seemed to him that western civilization was in grave economic and cultural danger.
     在他看来，西方文明似乎陷入严重的经济和文化危机。
• N-UNCOUNT 文明;文明的生活
  Civilizationis the state of having an advanced level of social organization and a comfortable way of life.
  1. ...our advanced state of civilisation.
     我们高度发达的文明
• N-UNCOUNT 文明地区
  You can refer to a place where you can enjoy the comforts that you consider to be necessary ascivilization.
  1. ...when I returned to civilization.
     我重新回到文明地区时

双语例句

• The World Expo is a vivid demonstration of the diversity of human civilizations.
  世博会生动展现了人类文明的多样性。
• But this was not so in ancient times, western civilizations and Chinese civilizations had their own merits respectively.
  但古代并不是这样，西方文化和中国文化各有所长。
• Modern industrial civilizations make good use of time, energy and resources.
  现代工业文明很好的利用了时间、能量和资源。
• The Muslims are the ones who began the clash of civilizations.
  穆斯林开启了文明之间的冲突。
• Countries having different civilizations and social systems and taking different roads to development should respect one another.
  世界上的各种文明、不同的社会制度和发展道路应彼此尊重。
• This can only be maintained with collaboration of all world civilizations.
  世界所有文明的合作能让这维持下去。
• Cairo, the cradle of civilization, the Melting Pot of Ancient and Modern Egyptian Civilizations.
  开罗，文明的摇篮，埃及古老文明和现代文明的大熔炉。
• Mali is the cradle of some of Africa's richest civilizations.
  马里是非洲一些最悠久的文明的发祥地。
• We should strengthen the exchange and dialogue between different civilizations, and prevent civilization confrontation or conflict.
  我们要加强不同文明之间的交流与对话，防止文明对抗或冲突的发生。
• He opens the window for us to see well the west culture and civilizations.
  他为我们打开了了解西方文化和文明的桥梁。