mid-15c., variant of human (compare german/germane, urban/urbane), used interchangeably with it until early 18c., by which time it had become a distinct word with sense of "having qualities befitting human beings." But inhuman still can be the opposite of humane. The Royal Humane Society (founded 1774) was originally to rescue drowning persons. Such societies had turned to animal care by late 19c.
雙語例句
1. a caring and humane society
充滿關懷和人道的社會
來自《權威詞典》
2. Is it humane to kill animals for food?
宰殺牲畜來吃合乎人道 嗎 ?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. In the mid-nineteenth century, Dorothea Dix began to campaign for humane treatment of the mentally ill.
在19世紀中葉，多羅西婭·迪克斯開始發起為精神病患者爭取人道待遇的運動。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Those who want to take child abuse seriously today must stake out a humane child protection practice.
當前想要認真對待虐待兒童問題的人們必須明確保護兒童的人道主義行為的具體做法。
來自柯林斯例句
5. I am divided from mankind, a solitaire, one banish'd from humane society.