喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/ˌmænˈkaɪnd/人類

    All human beings, thought of together as one single group — every person on Earth, plus the people who lived long before us and the ones who will come after.

    示範例句 · Example

    Since the earliest times, mankind has used fire to cook food and keep warm.

    逐字自從最早的時候，人類就使用火來煮食物和保暖。

    mankind 是把「所有的人」當成一個整體來看的字，包括以前的人、現在的人和以後的人，所以它常出現在講歷史、講重大發明、講整個地球未來的句子裡，例如 the history of mankind（人類的歷史）。它不可數：永遠寫 mankind，不加 the、不加 s，而且動詞用單數——Mankind has learned a lot.。可以想成 man（人）+ kind（種類）＝「人這一種」，把人跟其他動物分開來看，所以它指的是全部的人，男生女生都算在裡面；也因為開頭的 man 容易讓人只想到男性，現在很多人改用 humankind 這個說法。

    常見搭配

    • the history of mankind

      人類的歷史

      the whole story of people, from the earliest times until now

      The wheel is one of the oldest inventions in the history of mankind.

    • all mankind

      全人類（一個人都不漏）

      every single person, with nobody left out

      Clean water and safe food are good for all mankind.

    • benefit mankind

      造福人類

      to be useful or helpful to all people

      Many small discoveries have quietly benefited mankind.

    • for the good of mankind

      為了全人類的福祉

      in order to help all people

      The two teams shared everything they found, for the good of mankind.

    • the progress of mankind

      人類的進步

      the way people keep learning and improving over a long time

      Her book explains the progress of mankind in simple, clear words.

    意思相近

    humankindhumanitythe human racemanhumanspeople

core核心畫面

All human beings taken as one single thing — not this person or that group, but the whole species across all time, seen from far enough away that individual people disappear.

可以想成：把鏡頭一直往後拉，拉到看不見個別的臉、看不見國家和年代，只剩下「人這個物種」還在畫面裡——古早的人、現在的人、以後會出生的人，全被算進同一團。mankind 就是站在那個距離講話的字，所以它常出現在講歷史、講太空、講疾病或戰爭這種橫跨整個人類的場合，像 a giant leap for mankind；拿來講一小群人會顯得很奇怪。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

意思相近

humankindhumanitythe human racemanhumanspeople

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Mankindname

  • 1

    The 114th sura (chapter) of the Quran

mankindnoun/mænˈkaɪnd/

  • 1

    The human race in its entirety.

    • One small step for a man can be a giant leap for mankind.
    • The examples of all ages shew us that mankind in general desire power only to do harm, and, when they obtain it, use it for no other purpose.
  • 2

    Men collectively, as opposed to all women.

    • Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
    • “[...] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
  • 3

    obsoleteHuman feelings; humanity.

    • And they are two strong ties upon mankind. Justice is the virtue that innocence rejoiċeth in

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