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humanity

/hyoo-man-i-tee or, often, yoo-/US // hyuˈmæn ɪ ti or, often, yu- //UK // (hjuːˈmænɪtɪ) //

人类,人性,人道,人道主义

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural hu·man·i·ties.

    • : all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
    • : the quality or condition of being human; human nature.
    • : the quality of being humane; kindness; benevolence.
    • : the humanities, the study of classical languages and classical literature.the Latin and Greek classics as a field of study.literature, philosophy, art, etc., as distinguished from the natural sciences.the study of literature, philosophy, art, etc.

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Examples

  • Around the world, pollution from tiny particles like those from wildfire smoke remains one of the largest health threats to humanity.

  • In the 1990s, many were swept up by the dream of the Internet weaving humanity into a single community.

  • Of all the errors in judgment that humanity is prone to, overconfidence may be the most damaging.

  • We have honestly made enough clothing to last humanity for generations.

  • I think also people fundamentally don’t understand that under-resourced communities, just because one family or one household might be under-resourced, that doesn’t mean that they completely forget their own sense of humanity for their neighbor.

  • Houellebecq shows himself to be perfectly disgusted with humanity.

  • While politics tend to migrate toward the poles, humanity—and fiction, at its best—huddles in between.

  • Christmas is unique in that it is a global holiday celebrated all over the world by humanity.

  • A few carried signs: "IMAGINE JUSTICE," "BLACK LIVES MATTER," "CLAIM HUMANITY."

  • Liberals either boast or comfort themselves that their own beliefs push humanity forward.

  • Just corporeal enough to attest humanity, yet sufficiently transparent to let the celestial origin shine through.

  • Even if poverty were gone, the flail could still beat hard enough upon the grain and chaff of humanity.

  • It loses all its value just as soon as there is enough of it to satisfy, and over-satisfy the wants of humanity.

  • Humanity must bench with justice; or punishment itself becomes crime, and degenerates into revenge.

  • In the tear-stained story of humanity there has never been aught to surpass the thrilling record of Cawnpore.