Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
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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. 过程;工序;做事方法;工艺流程;
vt. 加工;处理;审阅;审核;
vi. 列队行进;
adj. 经过特殊加工(或处理)的;
💡 pro向前,在前+cess行走→过程;进行
"The factory manager used a flowchart to explain the production process."
工厂经理用一幅作业图来说明生产过程.
近义:inure, mill, treat, transact, execute, expedite
adj. 极大的;无法衡量的; 无限的;无穷尽的;
n. 无限的事物;无穷尽的事物; 上帝;
💡 in无+fin结束,范围+ite有...的 → 没有范围的 → 无限的
"The universe seems infinite."
宇宙似乎是无限的.
近义:infinity, boundlessness, illimitable, immeasurable, immense, incommensurate
反义:limited, qualified, constricted
adj. 有限的;[语]限定的;[数]有穷的,有限的;
n. 有限性;有限的事物;
💡 它(it)在范围(fine字根)内是 有限的{definite有限的;infinite无限的} 网友:yqy 补充:fin表示"结束,范围"
"a finite number of possibilities"
为数有限的可能
近义:limited, qualified, constricted
反义:illimitable, immeasurable, immense, incommensurate, inexhaustible, innumerable
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"The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving."