They have a material culture, a social culture.

有物质明，有社会明。

Punctuality is a necessary habit in all public affairs in civilized society.

准时明社会中进行一切公共事务时必须养成的习惯。

The African countries hoped to civilize all primitive tribes.

非洲国家希望把非洲所有的原始部落都变成明社会。

It looks at how gender analysis is reconfiguring civil society in Latin America.

这着眼于性别分析如何重建拉丁美洲的明社会。

If you want the benefits of civilization, you have to behave in a civilized manner.

如果你们想享有明社会的待遇，就必须做明人。

Mythology functions as an ideological driving force within every civilized society.

神话在每明社会中都扮演着一种意识形态的推动力。

Barbarian is a historical word for people who weren't part of so-called civilized society.

野蛮人一历史词汇，所指的那些属于所谓明社会的人。

That is when we — civilization — moved towards coin and paper money.

这时我们 —— 明社会 —— 就发明了硬币和纸币。

But that is called cannibalism, my dear children and is, in fact, frowned upon in most societies.

过我们食人族啦，明社会许人吃人的。

We do not express these desires in real life because of the rules of polite society.

在现实生活中，因为明社会的条条框框，我们会表达出这些欲望。

After a week in the mountains, all I wanted to do was get back to civilization.

【civilization】在山里待了一星期，我唯一想做的就回到明社会中。

I mean, we didn't really feel the need to put it up on a sign because, you know, civilization.

我们觉得需要特地竖牌子写明可以，毕竟明社会了。

In one second the Sun churns out more energy than has been used in all of human civilization.

太阳一秒钟制造的大量能量比人类明社会所有用过的能量还要多。

In civilized countries, when a boy wants to have a girl, he just … But where are you going, John?

在明社会，一男孩子想要一女孩子只需要… … 可，你要到哪儿去，约翰？

Walk outta here, get to civilization, drive back, pick it up.

走出这里 重回明社会，开车回来 把包拿上。

And over centuries, they built a complex civilization.

几世纪以来，他们建立了一复杂的明社会。

Even a society that managed to destroy itself long ago could leave a chemical trace.

甚至很久以前一曾经使自己毁灭的社会明也能够留下化学痕迹。

If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered, anyway.

如果你有心真诚坦白地写作，横竖你作为明社会一员的日子也快到头了。

Such prejudices strike right at the heart of any notions of a civilized society.

【strike】这些偏见直接危害到了明社会理念的核心部分。

Made a social threat that endangers civility.

制造了危害明的社会威胁。