查询词典 civilisation

Ancient Hellas is the cradle of civilisation, the birthplace of democracy, the creator of both Tragedy and Comedy, the very definition of classical, the paragon of beauty and art and logic and pure science in western thought, the inventor of the Olympic Games, the essence of both philosophy and existentialism: in short, the fount of everything we have come to value in this world.

拙译： 古希腊是人类文明的摇篮，民主体系的诞生地，悲剧喜剧艺术的创造者，是经典的定义，是美学，艺术，逻辑，科学等西方思想的基础，是奥运会体育的发明者，也是哲学和存在主义的起源，总之，古希腊是现代世界价值体系每个方面的缔造者。

In 1686 Robert Hooke of the Royal Society wrote that "A better knowledge of China's civilisation would lay open to us an empire of learning, hitherto fabulously described"

1686年，皇家学会的罗伯特·霍克写道："更好地了解中国的文明，将为我们打开一个知识的王国，对这个王国迄今只有神话般的描述。"

The hymnal reminds us of how "Earth's proud empires pass away" and, of course, the present hegemony of the English-speaking peoples cannot last forever, but it will be tragic when - not if - Western civilisation is overtaken in power, wealth and prestige by Chinese Communo-militarism.

圣诗使我们想起"地球上骄傲的帝国的灭亡"，当然，目前讲英语人民的霸权不会永远持续下去，但当西方文明在实力、财富和威望方面被中国的共产-军国主义所超越，那才真是一场灾难。

It is a truism that one can best imbibe and appreciate a country's culture and civilisation if one is familiar with its language and customs.

当一个人熟悉这个地方的语言和习俗，要欣赏别人的文化和文明是比较容易的事。

FROM the Amazon last month, Brazil's Indian agency released aerial pictures of painted men with bows and arrows who have had little or no contact with modern civilisation.

上个月巴西的印第安基金会发布了一些从空中拍摄的亚马逊流域照片：涂满色彩的男人拿着弓和箭，他们与现代文明很少或根本没有联系。

But this 'lachrymose' school of Jewish history obscures the reality of a civilisation which for most of its centuries was so prestigious that if a Jew converted to Christianity he or she was as like as not to be raised immediately to the nobility.

但是这一段悲哀的犹太人历史掩盖了文明国都的真相，几百年来，这个文明国都的声望之高，要是一位犹太人皈依基督教的话，那就好像不被当成贵族来培养了。

Let us examine our history and see how men—the master race for all of our recorded history in almost every corner of every human civilisation—have fared so far.

让我们审视一下历史，来看看男人——这个有史以来几乎主宰了人类文明每一个角落的霸主——是如何一步步走到今天的。

It is thought to date from about 700 AD and to be an example of ancient Peruvian Mochica civilisation art.

该头饰的制作年代被认为可以追溯到公元700年左右，它可能是古代秘鲁莫奇卡文明艺术的代表。

WHEN visiting London in 1931, Mohandas Gandhi was asked by a British journalist what he thought of Western civilisation—and made the famous retort:"I think it would be a good idea."

莫罕达斯·甘地1931年造访伦敦时有英国记者问他对西方文明看法如何。甘地回之以著名的讽刺："我觉得这是个好主意。"

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 circulation, consumption and reproduction of the trilogy have not only testified to its historical significance and literariness, but also invested it with new meanings.

该三部曲的流通、消费与再生产不仅验证了其历史意义及文学性，而切还赋予它以新的意义。

If he thought that he could buy me off, he would be wrong.

如果他认为他可以收买我，那他就大错特错了。