Civilization is very much an immature and ongoing experiment, the success of which is by no means yet proven.
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n. 文明，文化;开化，教化;修养;文明社会;
💡 civil市民；礼貌+ization...化→文明 → 文明，文化
"Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse."
文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。
近义：humanity, mankind, world, civilisation, kultur, culture
n. 实验，试验;尝试;
vi. 做实验，进行试验;尝试;
💡 ex出+peri尝试+ment表名词 → 尝试出来 → 实验
"Despite the crudity of their methods and equipment, the experiment was a considerable success."
尽管他们的方法和设备较为粗陋，那次实验却相当成功。
近义：test, assay, testing, workout, experimentation
反义：premise, theorise, conjecture
n. 成功，成就;好成绩，好结果;成功的人（或物）;
💡 suc在…下面+cess行走→在后面跟着前人走→成功；胜利
"He had finally achieved success."
他终于获得了成功。
近义：hit, arrival, triumph, trump, victory, win
反义：infelicity, irregularity, lapse, miss, overthrow, shortcoming
immature
[ˌimə'tjuə]
adj. 不成熟的;未完成的;粗糙的;幼小;
"Beside Shakespeare, Marlowe strikes us as an immature dramatist, especially in his comic scenes."
和莎士比亚相比, 马洛给我们的印象是一个不成熟的戏剧家, 特别是他的喜剧场面.
近义：infantile, juvenile, baby, babyish, puerile, sophomoric
反义：adult, aged, developed, elder, elderly, grown
n. 方法（ mean的名词复数）;手段;收入;财富;
v. 意味着（ mean的第三人称单数）;引起;打算或注定要某人成为或做某事;
"The inquiry is by no means cut and dried."
调查之事远未盖棺定论。
近义：approach, manner, method, mode, process, strategy
proven
[['pru:vən]]
prove的过去分词
近义：indisputable, irrebuttable, irrefutable, authorized, proved, reputable
反义：apocryphal, iffy, inconclusive, arguable, qualmish, questionable