civilisation

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/    美 /ˌsɪv.ɪ.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Commonwealth spelling of civilization. countable,uncountable
    — From Keighley onwards we had obviously returned to civilisation, for the surrounding country was now studded with the sodium street lights of suburbia and a thickening industrial haze was blotting out the moon.

词形变化

civilisations plural

词源

Borrowed from French civilisation, equivalent to civilise + -ation or civil + -isation.
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