1·I finally reached what we laughingly call civilization.
我终于到了我们戏称为文明之地的地方。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·He really thinks that European civilization is morally bankrupt.
他确实认为欧洲文明在道德上全无价值。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·This opera is one of the cultural totems of Western civilization.
这部歌剧是西方文明的文化标志之一。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·The Victorians regarded the railways as bringing progress and civilization.
维多利亚时代的人认为铁路带来了进步和文明。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·European civilization was the first to impose itself across the whole world.
欧洲文明是最先传扬到全世界的。
—— 《牛津词典》
1·The old civilization was fast falling into decay.
旧文化很快地衰落下去。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
2·Athens and Rome have and keep, throughout all the nocturnal darkness of the centuries, halos of civilization.
雅典和罗马才具有，并在经历了多少世纪的黑暗后仍保持着文化的光环。
3·Los Angeles is a premonition of this new civilization.
洛杉矶就是这一新兴文化的先兆。
4·Propelled by what he calls a "foggy Star Trek sense that carbon is the central element of life and civilization, " Roston left TIME and began to pursue his ideas.