civilization
英 [ˌsɪvɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən]
美 [,sɪvələ'zeʃən]
英語の語源
- civilization (n.)
- 1704, "law which makes a criminal process civil," from civilize + -ation. Sense of "civilized condition" first recorded 1772, probably from French civilisation, to be an opposite to barbarity and a distinct word from civility. Sense of a particular human society in a civilized condition, considered as a whole over time, is from 1857. Related: Civilizational.
例文
- 1. I think we can date the decline of Western Civilization quite precisely.
- 西洋文明が衰退し始めた年代をかなり正確に特定できると思います。
- 2. Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.文明は破滅の瀬戸際に瀕している。
- 3.the technology of modern civilization
- 現代文明の技術
- 4.I finally reached what we laughingly call civilization .
- 私はついに文明の地と呼ばれる場所に着いた。
- 5.the last outpost of civilization