uncivilized
发音
How to pronounce uncivilized in British English:
英 [ʌnˈsɪvəlaɪzd]
How to pronounce uncivilized in American English:
美 [ʌnˈsɪvəˌlaɪzd]
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- Adjective:
- without civilizing influences
单词词源
- uncivilized (adj.)
- c. 1600, "barbarous," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of civilize (v.). Uncivil in the same sense is recorded from 1550s.
双语例句
- 1. People believe that without massive government regulations society would deteriorate into an uncivilized mess .
- 2. The only way the chinese can succeed , such logic goes , is via underhanded , uncivilized methods .
- 3. But , he nds , many of the poorest people in the civilized societies of europe are in a worse state than the so-called ' uncivilized ' native american indians .