一、详细释义:


n.

人类;男性,男子


例句:

Dance has been a loyal companion of mankind on his way toward higher civilizations.

舞蹈与人类风雨同舟、悲欢与共,真诚地追随着人类前进道路上的每一步。


例句:

But Zeus, the chief of the olympian gods, gave law to mankind as his greatest present.

而奥林匹斯山众神之首宙斯把法律作为他最伟大的礼物赐予了人类。


二、词义辨析:


man,mankind,humanity

这些名词均有“人类”之意。 man指各时代的全体人类。 mankind集体名词,语体庄重,泛指过去、现在和未来的人类。 humanity书面用词,集合名词,多用于文学作品中,作人类解时,侧重有同情心、理解力和崇高品质。


三、参考例句:


A new age for mankind is dawning.

一个人类的新时代正在出现。


Famine and war still afflict mankind.

饥荒与战争依旧给人类带来痛苦。


This invention will serve all mankind.

这发明将造福人类。


Man is a microcosm of the whole of mankind.

人是全人类的缩影。


Economic globalization has provided mankind with unprecedented opportunities for development.

经济全球化使人类获得了前所未有的发展机遇。


His research is for the betterment of mankind.

他的研究是为全人类造福。


Mankind learns its first language in early childhood.

人类是在幼年开始学习第一种语言的。


When will the desert give up its secrets to mankind?

沙漠何时才会向人类显露它的秘密呢?


Mankind has always reverenced what Tennyson call "the useful trouble of the rain".

人类一直很推崇坦尼森所说的这句话“雨既有用,又带来麻烦”。


Dance has been a loyal companion of mankind on his way toward higher civilizations.

舞蹈与人类风雨同舟、悲欢与共,真诚地追随着人类前进道路上的每一步。