human

英['hju?m?n] 美['hjum?n]

復(fù)數(shù):?humans;

1. hum 表示“泥土”(上帝用泥造人).

human 人，人的，人類的

來自拉丁語homo,人，來自homus,土，詞源同humus,humble.比喻用法，即相比于神的永恒而言，人類如同塵土一般卑微的存在。參照《圣經(jīng)》上帝造人或中國神話女媧造人的傳說。該詞本身為形容詞，其名詞詞義人縮寫自human being.

human: human: [14] Human comes via Old French humain from Latin hūmānus. Like homō ‘person’, this was related to Latin humus ‘earth’, and was used originally for ‘people’ in the sense ‘earthly beings’ (in contrast with the immortal gods). Humane is essentially the same word, and became established in the 18th century as a distinct spelling (and pronunciation) for two or three specific senses of human. Other English derivatives include humanism [19], humanity [14], and humanitarian [19].
=> humane, humble, humus
human (adj.): mid-15c., humain, humaigne, from Old French humain, umain (adj.) "of or belonging to man" (12c.), from Latin humanus "of man, human," also "humane, philanthropic, kind, gentle, polite; learned, refined, civilized," probably related to homo (genitive hominis) "man" (see homunculus) and to humus "earth," on notion of "earthly beings," as opposed to the gods (compare Hebrew adam "man," from adamah "ground"). Cognate with Old Lithuanian zmuo (accusative zmuni) "man, male person."

As a noun, from 1530s. Its Old English cognate guma (from Proto-Germanic *guman-) survives only in disguise in bridegroom. Related: Humanness. Human rights attested by 1680s; human being by 1690s. Human relations is from 1916; human resources attested by 1907, American English, apparently originally among social Christians and drawn from natural resources.

2. It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this.: 如此維持一個人的生命是對人類尊嚴(yán)的冒犯。

3. He was concerned with the enhancement of the human condition.: 他關(guān)心人類生存環(huán)境的改善。

4. Depression lowers the human ability to cope with disease.: 抑郁癥會降低人體對疾病的抵抗力。

5. They have the usual quota of human weaknesses, no doubt.: 毫無疑問，他們身上也有人所共有的弱點(diǎn)。