Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.
— Unknown  ·  No category

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civilization [,sɪvələ'zeʃən] 词频2 词根: civilize
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
distance ['dɪstəns] 词频1 词根: di
n. 距离，路程;远处;疏远;（时间的）间隔，长久; vt. 把…远远甩在后面;疏远;与…保持距离;
💡 dist距离 + ance 表名词，状态、情况、性质、行为 → n.距离,间距;远处
"A peal of church bells rang out in the distance."
远处响起了一阵教堂的钟声。
近义：isolation, separation, estrangement, aloofness, distantial, separate 反义：approximate, abut, immediacy, nearness, neighborhood, neighbourhood
himself [hɪm'sɛlf] 词频1
pron. （反身代词）他自己;（用以加强语气）他亲自，他本人;
"Yielding himself to his feelings of worthlessness, he tried to kill himself."
他总是觉得自己一无是处, 便企图自杀.
近义：herself, him, itself, oneself, themselves, yourself
excreta [[ik'skri:tə]]
n. 排泄物\\n[医] 排泄物, 分泌物
近义：slops, dejecta, egestion, excrements, faeces, feces
placed
v. 放置（place的过去分词形式）

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"For I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and big words Bother me."
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