Definition of civilization in English:

civilization

(British civilisation)

noun ˌsɪvɪlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)nˌsɪvələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n

mass noun

1The stage of human social development and organization which is considered most advanced.
文明
the Victorians equated the railways with progress and civilization
维多利亚时代的人将铁路视为进步和文明。
Example sentencesExamples
- His thesis is simple: the advance of human technology and civilization has propelled us into a world we are not evolved for.
- Travellers often want to be constantly stimulated by the world around them and are genuinely fascinated by the diversity of human civilization.
- Indeed human civilization and perhaps even humanity itself would not have ever developed if not for the rock.
- That is why we have to insist, by force if necessary, that everyone else in the world also respect, and enforce, the minimum standards of civilisation and human rights.
- Conquest of nature is fundamental to human progress, and at the centre of the development of civilisation.
- The development of human civilisation is intimately bound up with the domestication of cereals.
- As population increased, as civilization progressed, wise norms were formed for happy, healthy living.
- Freedom of press is a measure of the development of civilization.
- If human civilization is to continue to advance in the future, we must maintain and continually rebuild our stocks of social resources.
- An order of the cosmos had been postulated, together with the claim that human civilisation is to mirror that order, so that everyone will know who he is and how he is to live his life.
- But I would not, as an adult, be defending it as a high point of human civilization.
- Technology would eventually destroy civilization, and it was only a matter of time.
- The earliest such source comes from the ancient Sumerian culture, which was the first civilization on Earth.
- These factors, far from being narrow technical issues, capture the essence of social evolution and advanced civilization.
- The film, of course, is about human nature - and the clash between civilization and basic human desires.
- Their overwhelming urge is to recover what they consider to be their rightful position in the history of human civilization.
- Rather than advancing human civilisation, as it had in the past period, it now threatened mankind with the most terrible forms of barbarism.
- For thousands of years, music has played an important role in human civilisation, from religious and pagan ceremonies to rituals and social events.
- The evolution of civilisation and social organisation that checks and regulates the lust for revenge and other such instincts compel one to answer in the affirmative.
- The situation over there shows a level of chaos and complete breakdown of human civilization never before seen on the face of this good earth.
Synonyms
human development, advancement, progress, enlightenment, edification, culture, cultivation, refinement, sophistication
1. 1.1 The process by which a society or place reaches an advanced stage of social development and organization.
  文明进程
  Example sentencesExamples
  On the contrary, in every organic process, the antitheses always reflect a unified totality, and civilization is an organic process.
  The process of civilization not only brought improved individual self-control but also a change of attitudes and values.
  Scholars began to discuss civilization as a unilinear process with races able to ascend or descend a graduated scale.
  They're our nearest neighbours, and together we've been the greatest force for civilisation and economic and social development the world has ever seen.
2. 1.2 The society, culture, and way of life of a particular area.
  特定地区的社会、文化、生活方式；文化，文明
  the great books of Western civilization
  讲述西方文明的伟大书籍。
  count noun the early civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt
  美索不达米亚和埃及的早期文明。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He stated that the level of a people's civilization depended upon their environment instead of their ethnicity.
  She found the study of this to be highly relevant to modern Western civilization.
  Again, this civilization depended entirely upon geography.
  Moroccan experts work to restore the remnants of an ancient Islamic civilization.
  The ancient Mayan civilization was very advanced and had a sophisticated knowledge of science, art, and astronomy.
  They were feared as gods by the world's primitive civilizations.
  I think western civilization is built on three fundamental and interlocking principles that form the Western world view.
  Mazes and a range of labyrinth designs are found all around the world in many cultures and civilizations.
  Over the next thousand years, by 1500, they'd developed quite an advanced civilisation, and most of us know it by the massive statues that line the coast.
  Our eyes move past abandoned buildings, tombs of a civilization in decline.
  The most populous country, China has one of the oldest civilizations on earth.
  When the Spanish landed in 1531, Peru's territory was the nucleus of the highly developed Inca civilization.
  The building is clad in Aswan granite engraved with calligraphic inscriptions representing the world civilizations.
  Gradually, cereals became the basic food of most of the civilizations of antiquity.
  Australia's Indigenous Peoples are the world's oldest continuous civilization: 60,000 years.
  After the fall of the Roman Empire the rising Arab civilizations began to cultivate melons.
  And it cherished a lot of the values that built our civilization as we know it now.
  He was looking at the product of a technologically advanced extraterrestrial civilization.
  Mayan civilization had collapsed by the sixteenth century, when Spanish expeditions reached the area.
  Synonyms
  culture, customs, mores, way of life, attainments, achievements
  society, nation, people, community
3. 1.3 The comfort and convenience of modern life, regarded as available only in towns and cities.
  （城镇的）舒适便捷的现代生活
  in the UK nowhere is very far from civilization
  在英国，没有一处地方过不上舒适便捷的现代生活。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Jay looked around; they were very far out of town and civilization.
  Still he pressed onward, ever eager to reach any kind of civilization.
  But I had estimated the distance accurately and I reached civilisation well before the dark.
  Yet as we rejoin modern civilisation in the city of Newcastle, this is not the final impression we are left with of our trip.
  Most come from rural backgrounds and are poorly educated, handicaps for anyone who wants to get ahead in the modern urban-commercial civilisation.
  This makes life a bit difficult for the daytime angler, as it is a long drive from civilisation.
  If he wasn't so dependent on her for his own survival, he would just get up and keep walking until he reached civilization.
  She begged him mentally to stay alright at least until they reached civilization.
  He enjoys the vast, unyielding power of nature much more than the bustle of city life and civilization.
  However coming home from a mining town to civilisation is a great relief.
  Some are remote from modern civilisation, others survive cheek by jowl with spreading towns and motorways.
  Despite her luck finding the logging road, it took Sara several hours to reach signs of civilization.

Definition of civilization in US English:

civilization

(British civilisation)

nounˌsivələˈzāSH(ə)nˌsɪvələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n

1The stage of human social development and organization which is considered most advanced.
文明
they equated the railroad with progress and civilization
维多利亚时代的人将铁路视为进步和文明。
Example sentencesExamples
- Technology would eventually destroy civilization, and it was only a matter of time.
- His thesis is simple: the advance of human technology and civilization has propelled us into a world we are not evolved for.
- As population increased, as civilization progressed, wise norms were formed for happy, healthy living.
- Their overwhelming urge is to recover what they consider to be their rightful position in the history of human civilization.
- Freedom of press is a measure of the development of civilization.
- Travellers often want to be constantly stimulated by the world around them and are genuinely fascinated by the diversity of human civilization.
- Indeed human civilization and perhaps even humanity itself would not have ever developed if not for the rock.
- The earliest such source comes from the ancient Sumerian culture, which was the first civilization on Earth.
- If human civilization is to continue to advance in the future, we must maintain and continually rebuild our stocks of social resources.
- The situation over there shows a level of chaos and complete breakdown of human civilization never before seen on the face of this good earth.
- An order of the cosmos had been postulated, together with the claim that human civilisation is to mirror that order, so that everyone will know who he is and how he is to live his life.
- For thousands of years, music has played an important role in human civilisation, from religious and pagan ceremonies to rituals and social events.
- These factors, far from being narrow technical issues, capture the essence of social evolution and advanced civilization.
- Conquest of nature is fundamental to human progress, and at the centre of the development of civilisation.
- The evolution of civilisation and social organisation that checks and regulates the lust for revenge and other such instincts compel one to answer in the affirmative.
- Rather than advancing human civilisation, as it had in the past period, it now threatened mankind with the most terrible forms of barbarism.
- That is why we have to insist, by force if necessary, that everyone else in the world also respect, and enforce, the minimum standards of civilisation and human rights.
- But I would not, as an adult, be defending it as a high point of human civilization.
- The development of human civilisation is intimately bound up with the domestication of cereals.
- The film, of course, is about human nature - and the clash between civilization and basic human desires.
Synonyms
human development, advancement, progress, enlightenment, edification, culture, cultivation, refinement, sophistication
1. 1.1 The process by which a society or place reaches an advanced stage of social development and organization.
  文明进程
  Example sentencesExamples
  They're our nearest neighbours, and together we've been the greatest force for civilisation and economic and social development the world has ever seen.
  On the contrary, in every organic process, the antitheses always reflect a unified totality, and civilization is an organic process.
  Scholars began to discuss civilization as a unilinear process with races able to ascend or descend a graduated scale.
  The process of civilization not only brought improved individual self-control but also a change of attitudes and values.
2. 1.2 The society, culture, and way of life of a particular area.
  特定地区的社会、文化、生活方式；文化，文明
  the great books of Western civilization
  讲述西方文明的伟大书籍。
  the early civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt
  美索不达米亚和埃及的早期文明。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Our eyes move past abandoned buildings, tombs of a civilization in decline.
  Again, this civilization depended entirely upon geography.
  And it cherished a lot of the values that built our civilization as we know it now.
  When the Spanish landed in 1531, Peru's territory was the nucleus of the highly developed Inca civilization.
  He stated that the level of a people's civilization depended upon their environment instead of their ethnicity.
  Moroccan experts work to restore the remnants of an ancient Islamic civilization.
  Over the next thousand years, by 1500, they'd developed quite an advanced civilisation, and most of us know it by the massive statues that line the coast.
  The building is clad in Aswan granite engraved with calligraphic inscriptions representing the world civilizations.
  The ancient Mayan civilization was very advanced and had a sophisticated knowledge of science, art, and astronomy.
  Mazes and a range of labyrinth designs are found all around the world in many cultures and civilizations.
  They were feared as gods by the world's primitive civilizations.
  Mayan civilization had collapsed by the sixteenth century, when Spanish expeditions reached the area.
  Australia's Indigenous Peoples are the world's oldest continuous civilization: 60,000 years.
  Gradually, cereals became the basic food of most of the civilizations of antiquity.
  The most populous country, China has one of the oldest civilizations on earth.
  He was looking at the product of a technologically advanced extraterrestrial civilization.
  She found the study of this to be highly relevant to modern Western civilization.
  After the fall of the Roman Empire the rising Arab civilizations began to cultivate melons.
  I think western civilization is built on three fundamental and interlocking principles that form the Western world view.
  Synonyms
  culture, customs, mores, way of life, attainments, achievements
3. 1.3 The comfort and convenience of modern life, regarded as available only in towns and cities.
  （城镇的）舒适便捷的现代生活
  the fur traders moved further and further from civilization
  Example sentencesExamples
  But I had estimated the distance accurately and I reached civilisation well before the dark.
  Some are remote from modern civilisation, others survive cheek by jowl with spreading towns and motorways.
  He enjoys the vast, unyielding power of nature much more than the bustle of city life and civilization.
  Still he pressed onward, ever eager to reach any kind of civilization.
  This makes life a bit difficult for the daytime angler, as it is a long drive from civilisation.
  However coming home from a mining town to civilisation is a great relief.
  She begged him mentally to stay alright at least until they reached civilization.
  If he wasn't so dependent on her for his own survival, he would just get up and keep walking until he reached civilization.
  Jay looked around; they were very far out of town and civilization.
  Despite her luck finding the logging road, it took Sara several hours to reach signs of civilization.
  Yet as we rejoin modern civilisation in the city of Newcastle, this is not the final impression we are left with of our trip.
  Most come from rural backgrounds and are poorly educated, handicaps for anyone who wants to get ahead in the modern urban-commercial civilisation.

词汇	civilization
释义	Definition of civilization in English: civilization (British civilisation) noun ˌsɪvɪlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)nˌsɪvələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n mass noun 1The stage of human social development and organization which is considered most advanced. 文明 the Victorians equated the railways with progress and civilization 维多利亚时代的人将铁路视为进步和文明。 Example sentencesExamples His thesis is simple: the advance of human technology and civilization has propelled us into a world we are not evolved for. Travellers often want to be constantly stimulated by the world around them and are genuinely fascinated by the diversity of human civilization. Indeed human civilization and perhaps even humanity itself would not have ever developed if not for the rock. That is why we have to insist, by force if necessary, that everyone else in the world also respect, and enforce, the minimum standards of civilisation and human rights. Conquest of nature is fundamental to human progress, and at the centre of the development of civilisation. The development of human civilisation is intimately bound up with the domestication of cereals. As population increased, as civilization progressed, wise norms were formed for happy, healthy living. Freedom of press is a measure of the development of civilization. If human civilization is to continue to advance in the future, we must maintain and continually rebuild our stocks of social resources. An order of the cosmos had been postulated, together with the claim that human civilisation is to mirror that order, so that everyone will know who he is and how he is to live his life. But I would not, as an adult, be defending it as a high point of human civilization. Technology would eventually destroy civilization, and it was only a matter of time. The earliest such source comes from the ancient Sumerian culture, which was the first civilization on Earth. These factors, far from being narrow technical issues, capture the essence of social evolution and advanced civilization. The film, of course, is about human nature - and the clash between civilization and basic human desires. Their overwhelming urge is to recover what they consider to be their rightful position in the history of human civilization. Rather than advancing human civilisation, as it had in the past period, it now threatened mankind with the most terrible forms of barbarism. For thousands of years, music has played an important role in human civilisation, from religious and pagan ceremonies to rituals and social events. The evolution of civilisation and social organisation that checks and regulates the lust for revenge and other such instincts compel one to answer in the affirmative. The situation over there shows a level of chaos and complete breakdown of human civilization never before seen on the face of this good earth. Synonyms human development, advancement, progress, enlightenment, edification, culture, cultivation, refinement, sophistication 1.1 The process by which a society or place reaches an advanced stage of social development and organization. 文明进程 Example sentencesExamples On the contrary, in every organic process, the antitheses always reflect a unified totality, and civilization is an organic process. The process of civilization not only brought improved individual self-control but also a change of attitudes and values. Scholars began to discuss civilization as a unilinear process with races able to ascend or descend a graduated scale. They're our nearest neighbours, and together we've been the greatest force for civilisation and economic and social development the world has ever seen. 1.2 The society, culture, and way of life of a particular area. 特定地区的社会、文化、生活方式；文化，文明 the great books of Western civilization 讲述西方文明的伟大书籍。 count noun the early civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt 美索不达米亚和埃及的早期文明。 Example sentencesExamples He stated that the level of a people's civilization depended upon their environment instead of their ethnicity. She found the study of this to be highly relevant to modern Western civilization. Again, this civilization depended entirely upon geography. Moroccan experts work to restore the remnants of an ancient Islamic civilization. The ancient Mayan civilization was very advanced and had a sophisticated knowledge of science, art, and astronomy. They were feared as gods by the world's primitive civilizations. I think western civilization is built on three fundamental and interlocking principles that form the Western world view. Mazes and a range of labyrinth designs are found all around the world in many cultures and civilizations. Over the next thousand years, by 1500, they'd developed quite an advanced civilisation, and most of us know it by the massive statues that line the coast. Our eyes move past abandoned buildings, tombs of a civilization in decline. The most populous country, China has one of the oldest civilizations on earth. When the Spanish landed in 1531, Peru's territory was the nucleus of the highly developed Inca civilization. The building is clad in Aswan granite engraved with calligraphic inscriptions representing the world civilizations. Gradually, cereals became the basic food of most of the civilizations of antiquity. Australia's Indigenous Peoples are the world's oldest continuous civilization: 60,000 years. After the fall of the Roman Empire the rising Arab civilizations began to cultivate melons. And it cherished a lot of the values that built our civilization as we know it now. He was looking at the product of a technologically advanced extraterrestrial civilization. Mayan civilization had collapsed by the sixteenth century, when Spanish expeditions reached the area. Synonyms culture, customs, mores, way of life, attainments, achievements society, nation, people, community 1.3 The comfort and convenience of modern life, regarded as available only in towns and cities. （城镇的）舒适便捷的现代生活 in the UK nowhere is very far from civilization 在英国，没有一处地方过不上舒适便捷的现代生活。 Example sentencesExamples Jay looked around; they were very far out of town and civilization. Still he pressed onward, ever eager to reach any kind of civilization. But I had estimated the distance accurately and I reached civilisation well before the dark. Yet as we rejoin modern civilisation in the city of Newcastle, this is not the final impression we are left with of our trip. Most come from rural backgrounds and are poorly educated, handicaps for anyone who wants to get ahead in the modern urban-commercial civilisation. This makes life a bit difficult for the daytime angler, as it is a long drive from civilisation. If he wasn't so dependent on her for his own survival, he would just get up and keep walking until he reached civilization. She begged him mentally to stay alright at least until they reached civilization. He enjoys the vast, unyielding power of nature much more than the bustle of city life and civilization. However coming home from a mining town to civilisation is a great relief. Some are remote from modern civilisation, others survive cheek by jowl with spreading towns and motorways. Despite her luck finding the logging road, it took Sara several hours to reach signs of civilization. Definition of civilization in US English: civilization (British civilisation) nounˌsivələˈzāSH(ə)nˌsɪvələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n 1The stage of human social development and organization which is considered most advanced. 文明 they equated the railroad with progress and civilization 维多利亚时代的人将铁路视为进步和文明。 Example sentencesExamples Technology would eventually destroy civilization, and it was only a matter of time. His thesis is simple: the advance of human technology and civilization has propelled us into a world we are not evolved for. As population increased, as civilization progressed, wise norms were formed for happy, healthy living. Their overwhelming urge is to recover what they consider to be their rightful position in the history of human civilization. Freedom of press is a measure of the development of civilization. Travellers often want to be constantly stimulated by the world around them and are genuinely fascinated by the diversity of human civilization. Indeed human civilization and perhaps even humanity itself would not have ever developed if not for the rock. The earliest such source comes from the ancient Sumerian culture, which was the first civilization on Earth. If human civilization is to continue to advance in the future, we must maintain and continually rebuild our stocks of social resources. The situation over there shows a level of chaos and complete breakdown of human civilization never before seen on the face of this good earth. An order of the cosmos had been postulated, together with the claim that human civilisation is to mirror that order, so that everyone will know who he is and how he is to live his life. For thousands of years, music has played an important role in human civilisation, from religious and pagan ceremonies to rituals and social events. These factors, far from being narrow technical issues, capture the essence of social evolution and advanced civilization. Conquest of nature is fundamental to human progress, and at the centre of the development of civilisation. The evolution of civilisation and social organisation that checks and regulates the lust for revenge and other such instincts compel one to answer in the affirmative. Rather than advancing human civilisation, as it had in the past period, it now threatened mankind with the most terrible forms of barbarism. That is why we have to insist, by force if necessary, that everyone else in the world also respect, and enforce, the minimum standards of civilisation and human rights. But I would not, as an adult, be defending it as a high point of human civilization. The development of human civilisation is intimately bound up with the domestication of cereals. The film, of course, is about human nature - and the clash between civilization and basic human desires. Synonyms human development, advancement, progress, enlightenment, edification, culture, cultivation, refinement, sophistication 1.1 The process by which a society or place reaches an advanced stage of social development and organization. 文明进程 Example sentencesExamples They're our nearest neighbours, and together we've been the greatest force for civilisation and economic and social development the world has ever seen. On the contrary, in every organic process, the antitheses always reflect a unified totality, and civilization is an organic process. Scholars began to discuss civilization as a unilinear process with races able to ascend or descend a graduated scale. The process of civilization not only brought improved individual self-control but also a change of attitudes and values. 1.2 The society, culture, and way of life of a particular area. 特定地区的社会、文化、生活方式；文化，文明 the great books of Western civilization 讲述西方文明的伟大书籍。 the early civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt 美索不达米亚和埃及的早期文明。 Example sentencesExamples Our eyes move past abandoned buildings, tombs of a civilization in decline. Again, this civilization depended entirely upon geography. And it cherished a lot of the values that built our civilization as we know it now. When the Spanish landed in 1531, Peru's territory was the nucleus of the highly developed Inca civilization. He stated that the level of a people's civilization depended upon their environment instead of their ethnicity. Moroccan experts work to restore the remnants of an ancient Islamic civilization. Over the next thousand years, by 1500, they'd developed quite an advanced civilisation, and most of us know it by the massive statues that line the coast. The building is clad in Aswan granite engraved with calligraphic inscriptions representing the world civilizations. The ancient Mayan civilization was very advanced and had a sophisticated knowledge of science, art, and astronomy. Mazes and a range of labyrinth designs are found all around the world in many cultures and civilizations. They were feared as gods by the world's primitive civilizations. Mayan civilization had collapsed by the sixteenth century, when Spanish expeditions reached the area. Australia's Indigenous Peoples are the world's oldest continuous civilization: 60,000 years. Gradually, cereals became the basic food of most of the civilizations of antiquity. The most populous country, China has one of the oldest civilizations on earth. He was looking at the product of a technologically advanced extraterrestrial civilization. She found the study of this to be highly relevant to modern Western civilization. After the fall of the Roman Empire the rising Arab civilizations began to cultivate melons. I think western civilization is built on three fundamental and interlocking principles that form the Western world view. Synonyms culture, customs, mores, way of life, attainments, achievements 1.3 The comfort and convenience of modern life, regarded as available only in towns and cities. （城镇的）舒适便捷的现代生活 the fur traders moved further and further from civilization Example sentencesExamples But I had estimated the distance accurately and I reached civilisation well before the dark. Some are remote from modern civilisation, others survive cheek by jowl with spreading towns and motorways. He enjoys the vast, unyielding power of nature much more than the bustle of city life and civilization. Still he pressed onward, ever eager to reach any kind of civilization. This makes life a bit difficult for the daytime angler, as it is a long drive from civilisation. However coming home from a mining town to civilisation is a great relief. She begged him mentally to stay alright at least until they reached civilization. If he wasn't so dependent on her for his own survival, he would just get up and keep walking until he reached civilization. Jay looked around; they were very far out of town and civilization. Despite her luck finding the logging road, it took Sara several hours to reach signs of civilization. Yet as we rejoin modern civilisation in the city of Newcastle, this is not the final impression we are left with of our trip. Most come from rural backgrounds and are poorly educated, handicaps for anyone who wants to get ahead in the modern urban-commercial civilisation.
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