英 [ˌsɪvəlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [ˌsɪvələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n]
n. 文明；文明社会，美好的生活环境（civilization 的英式拼写）
civilisation /ˌsɪvɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ CET4 TEM4
the social process whereby societies achieve civilization
同义词： civilization
a particular society at a particular time and place
同义词： culture / civilization
a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
同义词： civilization
the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
同义词： refinement / civilization
文明
...文明的轨迹（Civilisation），是BBC电视史上的里程碑之作。由著名的文化名人克拉克爵士主持的这部纪录片自1969年首播以来，几乎成为艺术史类纪录片的圭臬之作...
纪大战》(War of the Century) 《BBC二战纪录片:从诺曼地到柏林》(D-Day to Berlin) 《BBC文明-西方艺术史话》(Civilisation)[DVDRip] BBC纪录片50部里程碑之作 《BBC纪录片王子之路【带中英文字幕】》 《BBC二战纪录片：敦克尔克大撤退》(Dunkirk)..
所有这些都被称为“文化”，被认为是通过教育能够获得的东西。也就是在18世纪，法国启蒙思想家又引入了文明（civilisation)一词，而且逐渐取代“文化”。文化的近代定义克莱姆的文化概念现在看来已非常接近现代的概念了，他把“文化”定义为“习俗、工艺...
... civilization n. 文明，文化，开化，教化 civilisation n. 文明，文化，开化，教化 civilize vt. 使文明，使开化 ...
It would be vital to the progress of human civilisation.
它对人类文明的进步至关重要。
In short, success in creating AI could be the biggest event in the history of our civilisation.
简而言之，成功发明人工智能可能是人类文明史上最大的事件。
Hunt and Lipo also see no evidence that Rapanui civilisation collapsed when the palm forest did.
亨特和利波也没有发现任何拉帕努伊文明在棕榈树林倒塌后消失的证据。
People had time to build houses, trade and fight - in other words civilisation was born.
That promises to make the uncontacted groups' first brush with civilisation even more surprising.
ECONOMIST: Will REDD trample on the rights of traditional forest folk?
And, presumably, a sufficiently advanced civilisation would try to do that if it could.
ECONOMIST: Is it time for a new approach to finding extraterrestrials?