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civilisation 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. civilization: the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization
  2. culture: a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"
  3. refinement: the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"
  4. (civilise) educate: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
  5. (civilised) civilized: having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"
  6. (civilised) civilized: marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"
  7. Sid Meier's Civilization is a turn-based strategy computer game created by Sid Meier for MicroProse in 1991. The game's objective is to "...build an empire to stand the test of time". ...
  8. Civilisation — in full Civilisation: A Personal View by Kenneth Clark — is a television documentary series outlining the history of Western art, architecture, and philosophy since the Dark Ages. The series was produced by the BBC and aired in 1969 on BBC Two. ...
  9. Alternative spelling of civilization
  10. (civilise) To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour; To introduce or impose the standards of one civilisation upon another civilization, group or person, arguably with the intent of achieving a perceived higher standard of behavior; To bring from a ...
  11. (Civilise) elevate in social and private life.
  12. Usually used as the secular counterpart of a Religion, a 2,200-year civilisation runs from the mid-point of the preceding Religious era to the mid-point of the next. ...