Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.
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n. 文明，文化;開化，教化;修養;文明社會;
?? civil市民；禮貌+ization...化→文明 → 文明，文化
"Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse."
文明已瀕臨毀滅的邊緣。
近義：humanity, mankind, world, civilisation, kultur, culture
n. 距離，路程;遠處;疏遠;（時間的）間隔，長久;
vt. 把…遠遠甩在后面;疏遠;與…保持距離;
?? dist距離 + ance 表名詞，狀態、情況、性質、行為 → n.距離,間距;遠處
"A peal of church bells rang out in the distance."
遠處響起了一陣教堂的鐘聲。
近義：isolation, separation, estrangement, aloofness, distantial, separate
反義：approximate, abut, immediacy, nearness, neighborhood, neighbourhood
pron. （反身代詞）他自己;（用以加強語氣）他親自，他本人;
"Yielding himself to his feelings of worthlessness, he tried to kill himself."
他總是覺得自己一無是處, 便企圖自殺.
近義：herself, him, itself, oneself, themselves, yourself