civilisation

英 [ˌsɪvɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən]

美 [ˌsɪvəlɪˈzeɪʃən]

文明的轨迹; 文明的脚印; 文明课

BNC.7162

柯林斯词典

noun

the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
1. a man of intellectual refinement
2. he is remembered for his generosity and civilization
Synonym:refinementcivilization
a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
1. the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization
Synonym:civilization
a particular society at a particular time and place
1. early Mayan civilization
Synonym:culturecivilization
the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization
Synonym:civilization

But they have common antecedents in Greek and Roman civilisation and monotheistic Christianity.
但它们都源于希腊与罗马文明，以及一神论的基督教。
The most important political value for the Chinese is unity, is the maintenance of Chinese civilisation.
政治上对中国最重要的价值是统一，是去维持中国文明。
Eventually we found civilisation and contacted the British Embassy.
最终，我们回到了文明社会，并与英国大使馆取得了联系。
He really thinks that European civilisation is morally bankrupt.
他确实认为欧洲文明道德沦丧。
That a people still exists is not the same thing as a civilisation still existing.
一群人还存在与一个文明还存在是不同的。
This opera is one of the cultural totems of Western civilisation.
这部歌剧是西方文明的文化标志物之一。
Hunger and drought led to the collapse of Mayan civilisation a millennium ago.
一千年前饥荒和旱灾引发了玛雅文明的失落；
They are the same civilisation as us.
他们是跟我们一样的文明市民。
Perhaps stories such as this are fables that suggest the need for a reconciliation between civilisation and the wild.
类似的故事或许表明文明社会和荒野需要和解。
The civilisation in Central America today is not at all like the civilisation there a thousand years ago.
现今的中美洲文明与一千年前的文明是不完全相同的。