civilisation

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Noun:

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

1. We wanted to single out the main threat to civilisation.: 我们想特别指出威胁文明的主要因素。

2. Three major narratives intertwine within Foucault'stext, "Madness and Civilisation": 3个主要故事在福柯的《疯癫与文明》一书当中密切相联。

3. Altman asserted, "We were making a political statement about western civilisation and greed.": 奥尔特曼坚称，“我们那时正要发表一份关于西方文明和贪婪的政治宣言。”

4. 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。

5. He really thinks that European civilisation is morally bankrupt.: 他确实认为欧洲文明道德沦丧。

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But the concept of civilisation itself is not.
但是，文明的概念本身并不是。
One can also put this in terms of technology, rather than civilisation.
有人可能也给这种事以技术学的而不是文明的术语。
The gaunt and grave civilisation of the thirteenth century was presented with that of the nineteenth, grinning, prosperous, and well armed.
十三世纪的贫乏而朴素的文化就和那微笑的，昌盛的而又武装得很好的十九世纪的文明呈现在一起了。

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