civilization
US:/ˌsɪvɪlɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
UK:/ˌsɪvəlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
n.:
文明；文明社会；文明世界；（特定时期和地区的）社会文明
网络:
文化；开化；文明帝国
Word forms: (复数) civilizations
Examples
1.
In some ways, civilization does not seem to have progressed much in the last century.
在某些方面，上个世纪文明似乎进展不大。
2.
To come to China, one of the early cradles of civilization, has long been my dream and therefore, I fell very honored to be your guest.
访问中国这一古老文明的摇篮是我梦寐以求的愿望，我为自己能成为贵国的客人而深感荣幸。
3.
It was the beginning of what led to the break with civilization, the Shoah.
那一天是文明破碎的开端，是大灾难。
4.
So the blowout in the Gulf is just a little piece of a much larger problem that we have with the energy that we use to run civilization.
所以墨西哥湾的井喷只是人类文明运转中我们如何使用能源这个更大问题中的冰山一角。
5.
Concerning the civilization, before seem to be have never considered hard, in my brains, more present of is another phrase-value.
关于文明，以前似乎从未认真思考过，在我的头脑里，更多呈现的是另一个词——价值。
6.
A dynasty enough to affect the process of Chinese Civilization would be born in his hands.
一个足以影响中华文明进程的王朝将在他的手中横空出世。
7.
Your civilization has not reached the levels of previous occasions when you were ready to greet us.
你们当前的文明在过去的场景中还未抵达必要的水平可以让我们与你们接触。
8.
They, you know, might be boot-strapping life on planets, trying to terra-form and kind of spread civilization.
也许会成为星球上自力更生的生命，努力地占领地盘，散布文明。
9.
What's more, '2012' has no discernible attitude toward the end of civilization, apart from the belief that there's a movie in it.
而且，《2012》对于文明的终结并没有明确的态度，除了相信有部与之相关的影片之外。
10.
It will only be as humanity remembers that another type of civilization is possible that such a civilization can begin to come forth.
它将仅因为人类忆起其他文明类型的可能性，而让一个这样的文明能开始展现。