
n.文明;文化;教化
=civilization(美).
But the concept of civilisation itself is not. 但是,文明的概念本身并不是。
The gaunt and grave civilisation of the thirteenth century was presented with that of the nineteenth, grinning, prosperous, and well armed. 十三世紀的貧乏而樸素的文化就和那微笑的,昌盛的而又武裝得很好的十九世紀的文明呈現(xiàn)在一起了。