humanities
英 美[hjʊ'mænətɪz]
- n. 人文学科（humanity的复数 ）
英文词源
- humanities
- 1702; plural of humanity, which was used in English from late 15c. in a sense "class of studies concerned with human culture" (opposed variously at different times to divinity or sciences). Latin literae humaniores, they were those branches of literature (ancient classics, rhetoric, poetry) which tended to humanize or refine.
双语例句
- 1. Dalian University offers courses in science and in the humanities.
- 大连大学开设自然科学和人文科学课程.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 2. She has a background in humanities and modern languages.
- 她学过人文学科和现代语言.
来自辞典例句
- 3. I prefer science to the humanities.
- 我喜爱自然科学,不喜欢人文科学.
来自辞典例句
- 4. She later taught in Girls College of Humanities of Tsinghua University and Yenching University.
- 曾在燕京大学、清华大学女子文理学院任教.
来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
- 5. The humanities and amenities of life had no attraction for him -- its peaceful enjoyments no charm.
- 对他来说,生活中的人情和乐趣并没有吸引力 —— 生活中的恬静的享受也没有魅力.
来自辞典例句