| 单词 | two cultures |
| 释义 | > as lemmastwo cultures two cultures n. (in the terminology of C. P. Snow) science and the arts, considered as being in opposition to each other. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [noun] > literary and scientific culture two cultures1956 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > [noun] > distinguishing arts or sciences two cultures1956 1956 C. P. Snow in New Statesman 6 Oct. 413/1 The separation between the two cultures has been getting deeper under our eyes; there is now precious little communication between them... The traditional culture..is, of course, mainly literary..the scientific culture is expansive, not restrictive. 1959 C. P. Snow Two Cultures 16 Those in the two cultures can't talk to each other..very little of twentieth-century science has been assimilated into twentieth-century art. 1961 Listener 16 Nov. 809/1 The lack of communication between scientists and non-scientists, which has been so much discussed recently in terms of ‘the two cultures’. 1967 ‘W. Haggard’ Conspirators ii. 14 He could explain things to laymen simply, despising ill-digested chatter about two cultures. 1981 H. Shaw Death of Don (1982) xix. 145 I still embody Newman's idea of a liberal education. None of your two cultures for me. 2002 Y. Abrioux in P. Gossin Encycl. Lit. & Sci. 70 Throughout much of the century..the split between the ‘two cultures’ has also been undermined from within scientific practice. two cultures two cultures n. see culture n. Phrases. < as lemmas |
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