human1 adjectivehuman2 noun
humanhu‧man1 /ˈhjuːmən/ ●●● S2 W1 adjective 
WORD ORIGINhuman1
Origin:
1300-1400 French humain, from Latin humanusEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- human behavior
- Bacteria cannot be seen with the human eye.
- the effects of pollution on the human and animal population
- The humor springs from basic human emotions like love and fear of failure.
- The incident made Herman seem more human to his fans.
- For all he knew it might not be unusual to unearth human bones in grounds such as these.
- It abhors all violence and relies upon moral education, love and sympathy to secure human progress.
- That the pioneers could hang on at all is monumental testimony to the tenacity of the human will.
- The potential applications seemed as boundless as the human imagination.
- Therefore, in throwing away his pipe, he intentionally cuts himself off from human pleasures and the ties of home.
- To argue that solutions only demean the grandeur of human ignorance?
- We can illustrate this by reference to a basic and familiar area of human social experience, courtship and marriage.
Longman Language Activatorrelating to people, not animals or machines
use this about people's abilities, character, or behaviour, when you are comparing people with animals or machines: · the effects of pollution on the human and animal population· Bacteria cannot be seen with the human eye.
when a place has people living in it an area of land or a building that is inhabited has people living in it: · Only two of the islands are inhabited.· This tiny town has been an inhabited area for over 3,000 years.
a building or room that is occupied has people living in it: · None of the flats is occupied - they've only just been built.
with people living there: · Bears are appearing more and more frequently in populated areasdensely/heavily populated (=having many people): · The north-east has always been more densely populated than the rest of the country.thinly/sparsely populated (=having few people): · French Guiana is a sparsely populated wilderness.
an area where there are houses where people live: · The museum is about 6 blocks from downtown in a quiet residential area.· London's main airport is surrounded by densely populated residential areas.
formal use this about a place that humans live in or have lived in in the past: · The only sign of human habitation was a charred area where there had once been a fire.
normal behaviour or feelings if a person is normal , there is nothing strange about them, and they are mentally and physically healthy: · Any normal boy of his age would be interested in football.· Her breathing was normal, but she had a very high temperature.it is normal (for somebody) to do something: · It is quite normal for children to be afraid of the dark.· When you start a new job, it's normal to feel somewhat overwhelmed.perfectly normal (=completely normal): · They seemed like a perfectly normal family.
feelings that are natural are what you would normally expect in a particular situation, so there is no need to feel worried or embarrassed about them: · Anger is a natural reaction when you lose someone you love.it is natural (for somebody) to do something: · I suppose it's natural for a mother to feel sad when her children leave home.· It isn't natural for a child to be so quiet.perfectly/quite natural (=completely natural): · It's perfectly natural to grieve for the loss of a pet.it's only natural spoken: · Of course Jean misses her boyfriend - it's only natural.it's only natural that: · It's only natural that people who spend a lot of time around computers either love them or hate them.
conventional people, behaviour, and opinions are the kind that most people in society think are normal and socially acceptable, although some people think they are boring and old-fashioned: · My mother was very conventional - she didn't approve of my hippie lifestyle.· a young man with conventional tastes in clothes and musicconventional wisdom (=the opinion that most people consider to be normal and right): · Conventional wisdom holds that more money for education means better schools for children.
spoken use this to say that is it normal for people to want to do something: · It's human nature to want what we don't have.
a person · I think Sue's a really nice person.· He's the only person I know who can speak Chinese.· There were over 200 people at the meeting.· The streets were suddenly full of people.
a person - use this when you do not know who the person is, or when it is not important to say who it is: · Someone phoned you but I didn't get their name.· What would you do if somebody tried to rob you in the street?someone else/somebody else (=another person): · Can't you get someone else to clean the kitchen for you?
a person - use this when you are comparing people with animals or machines: · The drug had never before been tested on a human being.· Computers have replaced humans in many factories.
a person - use this especially when you are talking about responsibility or choice: · It is the responsibility of each individual within the class to make sure they have the correct books.· The decision to have an operation should be up to the individual involved.
a person who seems strange, interesting etc: · A couple of suspicious-looking characters were standing outside the house.· Beneath his brash, noisy exterior was a much shrewder and lonelier character than he admitted.
the political and social rights that everyone should have the political and social freedom that everyone in a country should have: · Every individual should have basic rights.rights of: · Some motorcyclists saw the helmet law as an infringement on the rights of the individual.women's/workers'/victims' etc rights: · Laws enacted in the past ten years have gradually taken away workers' rights.· Allred is an attorney who has gained a national reputation fighting for women's rights.
the rights that every person should have, such as the right to vote or be treated equally and fairly by the law, whatever their sex, race, or religion: · She had been actively involved in the struggle for civil rights in the US in the '60s.· The President has agreed to talks with civil rights campaigners.· The civil rights movement illustrates how people can change the constitution of their country.
the basic right that all people should have, including freedom and the right to be treated fairly and without cruelty by their government: · The Court ruled that hitting children was an abuse of human rights.· A number of leading human rights activists were arrested yesterday.· The regime has a long record of human rights violations.
the rights of every person to be treated fairly and equally by the law or by society, whatever their sex, race, religion, or social position: · The battle for equal rights for women is not yet over.· The Americans were the first to make law the principle of equal rights for every individual.· Homosexual men and women are campaigning for equal rights.
the right of every person to have a chance to get a job, go to university etc, whatever their sex, race, or social position: · Only in a completely classless society can there be equal opportunities for everyone.equal opportunities legislation/programs etc: · Certain jobs were dominated by men until the equal opportunities legislation of the 1970s.
the rights of any citizen to do whatever they want as long as they respect the rights of other people, without having to ask anyone's permission, and the right to keep their personal information private: · The banning of public meetings was held to be a denial of civil liberties.· The ability of this software to gather information about individuals through the Web is worrying to civil liberties groups.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYnouns
An independent committee will look into alleged human rights abuses. Knowledge of human anatomy is essential to figure drawing. a human being Prisoners should be treated with regard for human dignity. an outstanding example of human endeavor human frailties It is impossible to understand the complex nature of the human mind. The UN is sending peace monitors to the area. Of course she’s jealous – it’s only human nature (=the feelings and ways of behaving that all people have). Freud’s account of the human psyche a human sacrifice (=a person killed as a sacrifice) The meat was declared unfit for human consumption (=not suitable to eat). The house was unfit for human habitation (=not good enough to live in).
· The diagram shows all the organs in the human body.
· Distances in space are too great for the human mind to comprehend.
· Our capacity for forgiveness is a triumph of the human spirit.
(=used especially when saying that something cannot be seen by people)· These creatures are too small for the human eye to see.
· I firmly believe in the sanctity of all human life.
· Toxic waste is a risk to human health and the environment.
British English, human behavior American English· We study the aspects of human behaviour that result from our social upbringing.
· Our research measured the impact of human activity on this particular eco-system.
· Trust is an essential ingredient in all human relationships.
· In every human society there is a struggle for power.
· The UN estimates that the human population will reach 9.1 billion by 2050.
· Investigators concluded that the crash was caused by human error.
(=the things people need to have in order to live a normal healthy comfortable life)· The islanders meet the universal basic human needs of food and shelter in unexpected ways.
(=the body of someone who has died)· The police found human remains in the basement.
phrases (=to be eaten/lived in by people)· This meat is not fit for human consumption.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES An independent committee will look into alleged human rights abuses.· There was no sign of any human activity.
Knowledge of human anatomy is essential to figure drawing.· the scientific study of human behaviour· detailed observations of animal behaviour
a human being· There are billions of cells in an adult human body.
· They dug up a lot of human bones from under the castle.
· the structure of plant cells
(=a large number of people who form a line, a circle etc to do something)· Riot police formed human chains to block demonstrators.
· The power of speech is an entirely human characteristic.
· the development of human civilization
· Speech is the most effective method of human communication.
· Societies have certain rules for normal human conduct.
· The human conscience is a product of civilization.
(=spending time with other people)· He lived alone and had little human contact.
(=standards of behaviour that are expected of everyone) The film was banned on the grounds of public decency.
The film was banned on the grounds of public decency. Prisoners should be treated with regard for human dignity.· What the figures cannot show us is the human dimension of the disaster.
· the expression of human emotions through music and poetry
an outstanding example of human endeavor (=errors made by people)· Automatic checks reduce the danger of human error.
· Our ancestors reached a key stage in human evolution when they began to stand up straight.
· Darwin's theory of natural selection changed our view of human existence forever.
human frailties· The actual number of human genes is still in dispute.
(=happiness felt by people)· One of the greatest sources of human happiness is love.
· Some chemicals pose a significant risk to human health.
(=the history of people rather than the world itself)· World War I was the most destructive war in human history up to that time.
· It's a natural human instinct to comfort someone who is unhappy.
It is impossible to understand the complex nature of the human mind. The UN is sending peace monitors to the area. Of course she’s jealous – it’s only human nature (=the feelings and ways of behaving that all people have). (=people’s abilities or qualities)· Mass unemployment is a shameful waste of human potential.
Freud’s account of the human psyche· Human relationships fascinate me.
(=the rights that everyone should have)· This company always operates with respect for human rights.
a human sacrifice (=a person killed as a sacrifice) (=one that is small enough for people to understand and be happy with)· Architects have been asked to redesign some of the buildings on a more human scale.
· The UN wants to see an end to the conflict and the human tragedy involved.
The meat was declared unfit for human consumption (=not suitable to eat). The house was unfit for human habitation (=not good enough to live in).· basic human values such as honesty, decency, and duty
(=violations of every person's right to be treated fairly and without cruelty)· There have been protests about human rights violations at the prison.
(=from people going to the toilet)· The prison was full of the smell of human waste.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Rather few human activities seem to have their main point merely in themselves.· It has no other being except that which is bestowed upon it by human activity and consciousness.· The navy says that burial at sea is less expensive, demands less shipyard work, and is isolated from human activity.· To Virgil as to all Roman poets, war was the noblest and most glorious of human activities.· Meanwhile, worried scientists have moved beyond offering proof of the ill effects of human activity to proposing solutions.· In advancing the tenets of racism, Western theorists left no avenue of human potentiality and human activity untouched.· For working purposes one can simplify this still further and define sites as places where significant traces of human activity are identified.· More than most human activities, sport reveals this essential truth of existence as it is perceived in the perennial philosophy.
· This presupposed that virtually all human behaviour was the result of social conditioning.· Most journalists are students of human behaviour.· The inclinations to treat animals kindly are grounded in the analogies to be observed in human behaviour.· Complex human behaviour is seen as established sequences or chains of S-R bonds.· The system represents a remarkable evolutionary adaptation of human behaviour patterns to the conditions of the rain forest.· Some tendencies in human behaviour were encouraged, others repressed, and the results were both pleasant and unpleasant.· There may even be unjustified assumptions about the rationality of human behaviour.· Thirdly, they tend to see human behaviour as shaped by the system.
· When it came back, with another human being, the little figure had gone.· Much the same applies to human beings.· The human being prefers to be directed, wishing to avoid responsibility.· Nevertheless, he was addressed by another human being.· Fortunately, human beings do not learn in this way.· I felt I was Impersonating a human being.· But such mutual exchange is just what human beings are incapable of sustaining consistently.· Could it possibly apply to human beings?
· Mercury was believed to possess magical properties and some regarded it as the quintessence of the human body and of all substances.· The canvas at his feet had wrinkled and kinked into the ghost contours of a human body.· It seems to me about the most you can ask of the human body.· The human body does not manufacture unlimited quantities of new lymphocytes.· So what about sanitary towels and tampons: bleached products that also come into intimate contact with the human body?· Some herbs have a tranquilizing effect on the human body.· Of course, any number of fascinating and nasty parasites can join this microbial community and make the human body their home.· This stubborn persistence in life is directly due to the complexity of the human body.
· Research has shown that the mechanisms in the human brain go through the anger response in less than a second.· Environmentalists fear the gasoline additive prematurely ages the human brain.· There are more human brain cells on this space station than there are stars in this galaxy.· As similar as mouse brains are to human brains, mice are not men.· The human brain shows a degree of complexity of a different order.· That arrangement is, you know, rather like language in the human brain.· The human brain is no exception.· Capacity of the human brain is around 10 billion neurons with more than a thousand times that many interconnections.
· Hypochondria is actually the commonest killer of the lot, when transferred from the human condition to one's pets.· Humpty Dumpty: the purest embodiment of the human condition.· This is, as Morrissey well knows, a perfectly natural human condition.· Even the typewriters seemed to be muffled, recording discreetly the secrets of the human condition.· Rational philosophy explored the human condition without the element of spirit.· But in the larger view, I have done little for the human condition by bringing home the jackpots.· For them to be able to do that, they have to embody a certain aspect of the human condition.· He cared deeply for the human condition.
· The flow of everyday life provides a context in which individual human consciousness usually operates.· I picture the evolution of human consciousness in the shape of an hourglass.· Hegel detected this dialectical progression in the progress of human consciousness and intellectual - emotional growth.· But one thing it represents far me is this: the eternal conflict between the analytical and creative aspects of human consciousness.· Marx none the less believed that an external reality did exist, and that human consciousness could understand it.· What happens, then, if we substitute the cat with an ape-man, just at the dawn of human consciousness?· That obviously does not extend to the levels of awareness which human consciousness exhibits, but where do you draw the line?· On the starry nighttime side of human consciousness, myth still lives and reigns.
· Where goat milk or milk products are used for human consumption, milk-withholding periods for different drugs should be observed.· Water conflict is inherently local, depending upon neighborhood needs for human consumption, food production, industrial processes and waste treatment.· Cereals for human consumption have not been ground for some years.· Earth could probably support twenty to thirty billion people if farmland were used only to raise food for direct human consumption.· He also sought to preserve wheat for human consumption and issued a proclamation prohibiting the manufacture of starch from wheat.· One family in the Borders was growing 7.5 ha of swedes for human consumption.· The poisonous snakes invite a certain deference, and the rattlesnake is even canned occasionally for human consumption.
· Regulated, socialised economies trample on human dignity, despoil the natural environment and depress economic performance.· The relationship struck at the very roots of their human dignity.· She was spared the trauma of dinner, the object lesson in human dignity, and the smoke of Revolution.· And in this expectation, even were it to be misguided, there is certainly more human dignity.· The real issue, they predict, will boil down to fairness and simple human dignity.· The new technology of automation had stripped them of any human dignity in their labour.· This belief runs counter both to demographics and to the demands of human dignity.
· Some of the human errors can be reduced, especially in calculations. 3.· Given the climate, these places are vulnerable, and far too easily affected by the least human error or natural misfortune.· Similar human error surfaces in other air pollution disasters such as at Seveso and Bhopal.· He told the story of what had occurred as if it were a natural phenomenon, not mechanical failing or human error.· But they were later blamed on human error.· The crashes have been attributed to a variety of problems, from human error to software glitches to mechanical failure.· This is not the time for reprisals, but let me stress that human error of this magnitude will not be tolerated.· At the same time, computers helped sustained the trading frenzy prompted by human error.
· Romantic suspense is what might be called the literature of the night side of human experience.· Nothing in dance is foreign to human experience.· Yet Moore did not think value could only occur in relation to human experience.· It is not just an experience among others, but rather the very heart of human experience...· They can be woven into the fabric of everyday life, the human experiences of trying and failing.· What is to him the heights of human experience?· So utility in information media is not some absolute fact of human experience.· Every facet of daily life was subject to a set of rigid institutional controls and physical sanctions entirely new to human experience.
· No human eye had ever seen a hound like this one.· There was the simplicity, death and its suggestion of permanence, that was almost too severe and stark for human eyes.· The human eye has an active role to play in the story.· The human eye and brain are much happier reading short to medium length unjustified lines although books are conventionally justified.· To the human eye horses use five distinctly different facial expressions to suit different circumstances.· In extreme cases the search for order among the chaos can become too difficult for the human eye alone.· These cover a wide field of view without having to swivel as human eyes do.· The role of the human eye was limited to selecting, among randomly mutated progeny over many generations of cumulative evolution.
· If successful, it will produce a deeper understanding of the human face recognition system.· What he fails to do is to put a human face on these processes.· They might be Capitalism with a human face.· Food brought me back to the human face.· In the dark, Seth would be his true self, his human face off but his dark glasses still on.· They become bogeymen, earthly Aliens, and -- despite the fake human faces they develop -- very easy to spot.· Gombrich makes him think of the readiness with which the eye recognizes the features of the human face.· Whether a capitalist or socialist approach to development is adopted, it must be development with a human face.
· She preferred the animal forms to human forms and found them easier to draw.· It dissolved into six human forms, each taking on the attributes of head and arms and limbs.· Instead, he says, the Goddess was portrayed in human form.· Golfers had reported seeing what looked like a human form wrapped in a brown shroud falling through the sky.· In how this woman had painted it, she had changed it to a human form.· In meditation, she met a cigarette in human form, to understand what functions smoking was serving for her.· For convenience, this information is not stored in human form, but in some magnetic or electronic device.
· It stands in a field completely cut off from human habitation.· The Clovis record has stood since the late 1930s, though numerous contenders for evidence of earlier human habitation have arisen.· Dauntless was instantly suspicious because there had been no sign of human habitation for days.· Remnants of ancient human habitation abound.· The slums built during the Industrial Revolution soon became unfit for human habitation.· It invented the suburb - the most successful invention in the history of human habitation.· It took them two days before they reached human habitation.· They pronounced the attic unfit for human habitation and Jean-Claude inadequate to support me.
· The resultant changes in regional species composition have many consequences for human health.· The tests are designed to ensure that the waste does not cause significant damage to marine wildlife or human health.· The convention establishes the principle that nothing that is harmful to human health and marine life can be dumped at sea.· The docs' guesswork just goes to show how miraculously improbable human health really is.· In addition, some packaging which comes into close contact with food has implications on human health and quality of food.· Chiron will have exclusive rights to develop and market any resulting compounds that can be used for human health.· They were a hazard to human health and to wildlife on land and sea.· Inside the body, the virus is powerful and can be extremely damaging to human health.
· Science in truth is a deeply historical, inescapably collective pursuit that has unfolded throughout human history.· Rarely in the annals of human history has any people committed so much of its treasure to such a noble cause.· In fact, of course, the history of science is human history and human history never runs as logically as this.· In fact, the Neolithic was possibly the most dynamic period in human history.· In the whole of human history there is no record of any such similar happening.· Myth is nothing but natural history, plus human history, in time-disguised and faith-distorted form.· Rather it is to become part of a saving process which embraces the whole of man and all human history.· Periods of punctuated equilibrium are equally visible in human history.
· Undoubtedly, the human interest story of how I have managed to be a theoretical physicist despite my disability has helped.· A human interest story, featuring the second-youngest Nobel laureate in history, seemed to him much more promising.· The conflict was not lacking in human interest.· It is the most exciting of all, the richest in human interest, and also the most dangerous.· It represents an idealized view of the information needs of an area of particular human interest or activity.· One clear fact is that those reasons relate entirely to human interests.· For he is above all concerned to deny that the point of the universe is somehow to serve human interests.· Gombe is still inaccessible by road - but despite its isolation, it hasn't lacked human interest.
· I believe firmly in the sanctity of human life-all human life.· Only if human life is trivial.· Nothing is sacred the United Nations flag, the Red Cross, and least of all human life.· Olympus, removed from the mud and labor of human life.· What about other games in human life?· Whether we do so directly or by implication, we place a value on human life.· We pay the first cost on all human life.· In fact the tension between individual desire and collective weal is present in almost all realms of human life.
· But the human mind selects as well as stores.· But maybe total understanding of everything is a bit much to ask of a tiny human mind.· His response is to abandon the troubled human mind, and delve into the animal world instead.· I deny such an idea; the human mind if it desires something strongly enough will achieve anything.· Abstraction is a wonderful property of the human mind, which has given rise both to language and to modern science.· Or was the human mind ready for being stretched, and perhaps into the next stage of development?· Chomsky holds that the acquisition of language is internal to the human mind / brain.
· In the first place, it deals with those elements in human nature which are timeless.· How can there be a universal, species-specific human nature when every human being is unique?· The second and opposing view treats political events as the result of forces inherent in human nature.· In general, one claim underpinning the human nature approach seems reasonable-we are not merely the product of our environment.· This criticism challenges the view of human nature and the human condition constructed by liberal theories.· Smith was realistic about human nature and idealistic about the necessity for the exercise of conscience in the marketplace.· And since when have you been such an excellent student of human nature?· She understood human nature, which is the essence of politics.
· Sensibly, the 1994 United Nations conference on population and development in Cairo focused on human needs rather than human numbers.· The single-parent family is a travesty of human needs.· It encompasses both the art of spin doctoring and also our fragile human need and ability to make huge leaps of faith.· Faith is so universal that most social scientists assume it meets a basic human need.· In other words, human need is more important than Sabbath law.· Meaningful work is satisfying because it is rooted in basic human needs.· Is the goal to maximize corporate profits for the few or to meet all basic human needs and protect the Earth?· He judges success by how effectively human needs are reconciled with the needs of the ecosystem.
· It was this kind of personal therapy that fortified Ocker Tyron's private contempt for the human race.· Not drawn from a public relations kit, his picture of the future tapped into the oldest dreams of the human race.· Twenty-five percent of the entire human race wiped out at one go.· If you go back further still, the different human races soon merge.· The progress of the human race in understanding the universe has established a small corner of order in an increasingly disordered universe.· Perhaps the human race is beset by problems which it lacks the moral capital to resolve.· Unlike most of his contemporaries, Darwin realized that the human race was not the predictable end-product of a universal progressive trend.· He was so different from John in every way that it was amazing to think the human race could contain them both.
· And it entered his mind uninvited to wonder about the strangeness of human relationships.· Brookner probes with scrupulous attention, keen irony and a profound appreciation of the endless ambivalences that beset human relationships.· It therefore bears scant resemblance to human relationships as we know them.· Therefore a leader must be concerned about tasks and human relationships.· It was one of Baldwin's rare failures in human relationships.· The challenge in this book is to make the most of human relationships without becoming a victim. 2.· To understand the workings of an organisation we need to impose the structure of human relationships on top of the formal structure.· The novel has apocalyptic and millennial flourishes; it bites off the large issue of human relationships with animals.
· What characteristics mark out a powerful human resources director, or a chief information officer?· Managers were held accountable for a broader array of financial, strategic, and human resource outcomes.· What I had seen of Czechoslovakia was a society which encouraged a miserable waste of human resources.· The directors of finance, human resources and the parks and recreation departments would no longer need this approval.· Such efforts put heavy strains on the financial and human resources of the organization.· Financial management and the complexities of human resource and contract management are the bread and butter skills of many modern businesses.· Ed, manager of human resource development in a consumer goods company, illustrates such an approach.
· She may have originated with the notion of human sacrifice to ensure plentiful crops, for her actions were often bloodthirsty.· There are also stories which point back clearly to a time when there was human sacrifice.· Some certainly saw her as a kind of human sacrifice, albeit a willing one.· Just as humans depend on plants to live, so the Gods depend on human sacrifices for a kind of sustenance.· Hale's eyes stare knowingly at the viewer, a human sacrifice to an alienated and consumerist culture.· Later accounts held that the Druids made Stonehenge, where they supposedly practiced human sacrifice.· He was dressed as a wizard and the whole place was full of drawings of human sacrifices and magic designs.· Believing gods were pacified by human blood, they killed thousands in human sacrifice.
· Eagleton could not put it more simply: Marxism is a scientific theory of human societies and the practice of transforming them.· But what do those changes mean for the future of human society?· Cultural and social anthropology was then concerned with the evolution of human society and culture.· The problem called by Mead the central issue of every human society arose: what to do with the males.· They refused to accept Morgan's assertion that the gens and group marriage were characteristic of the earlier human societies.· To flourish, human societies need a vision of something better.· Without it there would be no human society.· How, there, could one reform human society or even question it, when its organization reflected spiritual truth? 11.
· Addictive disease originates as a disease of the human spirit.· I could sense the raw and sometimes dangerous expansiveness of the human spirit.· I think you may learn something about the human spirit.· Coleridge insisted, to both the natural world and the human spirit.· In the end it is perhaps rather too tidy and symmetrical an affirmation of the human spirit.· Santiago has crafted a poignant tale that celebrates the human spirit and the triumph of will.· Yet, flickering behind the twisted snarl of resentment of self and the world, is a flame of human spirit.· The experience certainly changed my comprehension of the human spirit.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► capitalism/communism/socialism etc with a human facePHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► human interest/love interest
- At the end of the day, this industry, this activity, does expand the human condition.
- But in the larger view, I have done little for the human condition by bringing home the jackpots.
- Even the typewriters seemed to be muffled, recording discreetly the secrets of the human condition.
- For them to be able to do that, they have to embody a certain aspect of the human condition.
- Humpty Dumpty: the purest embodiment of the human condition.
- Hypochondria is actually the commonest killer of the lot, when transferred from the human condition to one's pets.
- The Serpent is the most profound image ever conceived to crystallize this dual principle in the human condition.
- This criticism challenges the view of human nature and the human condition constructed by liberal theories.
- Firefighters formed a human chain to carry the four brothers to safety but they found to be dead at hospital.
- Rally organizers with colored arm-bands link hands, forming a human chain at the crosswalks.
- The crowd was on the point of becoming a lynch mob, but were still linked in a human chain.
- They had dropped out of the human chain of ancestors and descendants that had formerly bound them all together.
- Traders sitting elbow to elbow formed a human chain.
- We can form a human chain of Berliners along the Wall which no one dare break, nomatterhow many soldiers they send.
- What he fails to do is to put a human face on these processes.
- The Supreme Court's nine justices are only human - sometimes they make mistakes.
- Greed is only human, they say.
- It is only human of Mr Teicher to make himself into the hero-victim of his own narrative.
- Remember, people are interested in people not politics and the best campaign moments are those with a human touch.
- Science can have a human touch.
- Sir Peter Parker who he replaced will always be remembered as an enthusiastic chairman with a human touch.
- human interest stories
- A human interest story, featuring the second-youngest Nobel laureate in history, seemed to him much more promising.
- For he is above all concerned to deny that the point of the universe is somehow to serve human interests.
- Gombe is still inaccessible by road - but despite its isolation, it hasn't lacked human interest.
- It is the most exciting of all, the richest in human interest, and also the most dangerous.
- It represents an idealized view of the information needs of an area of particular human interest or activity.
- One clear fact is that those reasons relate entirely to human interests.
- The conflict was not lacking in human interest.
- Undoubtedly, the human interest story of how I have managed to be a theoretical physicist despite my disability has helped.
- In the 1960s, the flats were declared unfit for human habitation and demolished.
- Many of the housing projects are unfit for human habitation.
- The court was told that Blake had charged hundreds of dollars in rent for rooms that were unfit for human habitation.
- That single room was unfit for human habitation.
- The slums built during the Industrial Revolution soon became unfit for human habitation.
- They pronounced the attic unfit for human habitation and Jean-Claude inadequate to support me.
- It's human nature to put off doing things you don't like to do.
- But it's human nature that people-male or female-will do what they are allowed to get away with.
- Pollution is threatening the future of the human race.
- The entire human race could be wiped out by nuclear war.
- Until then, no member of the human race had ever been able to make a map of the whole world.
- And the milk of human kindness ... Hickory gets used to a new mum.
- It is not a thought soggy with the milk of human kindness.
WORD FAMILYnounhumanhumanismhumanity ≠ inhumanityhumanitarianhumanitarianismhumankindhumanoidadjectivehuman ≠ inhumansuperhumansubhumanhumane ≠ inhumanehumanitarianhumanoidadverbhumanly ≠ inhumanlyhumanely ≠ inhumanelyverbhumanize
1belonging to or relating to people, especially as opposed to machines or animals: There are many different cell types in the human body. the power of the human mind The desire for joy lies deep within the human spirit. Infra-red light is invisible to the human eye. theories of human behaviour different areas of human experience respect for the absolute value of human life The accident was the result of human error. The meat was declared unfit for human consumption.2human weaknesses, emotions etc are those that are typical of people: He was also a person with very obvious human failings.3somebody is only human used to say that someone should not be blamed for what they have done4having the same feelings and emotions as ordinary people: He’s really not so bad. When you get to know him he seems quite human.5a/the human touch someone, especially someone in authority, who has the human touch deals with people in a kind friendly way and is able to understand their feelings and problems: The president has been accused of lacking the human touch.6human interest a quality that makes a story interesting because it is about people’s feelings, lives, relationships etc7the human condition the experiences, emotions, needs etc that all people share, especially considered as a situation from which it is impossible to escape8human chain a line of people: Firefighters formed a human chain to carry the brothers to safety.9put a human face on something (also give something a human face) to make an important event or principle understandable to ordinary people by directing their attention to the way it affects a particular person: Anne Frank was the girl whose diary put a human face on the Holocaust.10capitalism/communism/socialism etc with a human face a capitalist etc economic and political system that does not ignore people’s needsCOLLOCATIONSnounsthe human body· The diagram shows all the organs in the human body.the human mind/brain· Distances in space are too great for the human mind to comprehend.the human spirit· Our capacity for forgiveness is a triumph of the human spirit.the human eye (=used especially when saying that something cannot be seen by people)· These creatures are too small for the human eye to see.human life· I firmly believe in the sanctity of all human life.human health· Toxic waste is a risk to human health and the environment.human behaviour British English, human behavior American English· We study the aspects of human behaviour that result from our social upbringing.human activity· Our research measured the impact of human activity on this particular eco-system.human relationships· Trust is an essential ingredient in all human relationships.human society· In every human society there is a struggle for power.the human population· The UN estimates that the human population will reach 9.1 billion by 2050.human error· Investigators concluded that the crash was caused by human error.human needs (=the things people need to have in order to live a normal healthy comfortable life)· The islanders meet the universal basic human needs of food and shelter in unexpected ways.human remains (=the body of someone who has died)· The police found human remains in the basement.phrasesfor human consumption/habitation (=to be eaten/lived in by people)· This meat is not fit for human consumption.human1 adjectivehuman2 noun
humanhuman2 ●●● W3 (also ˌhuman ˈbeing) noun [countable] EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- But, of course, being known by another human leaves one open to incursion, to cast it in military parlance.
- He's not human; he's an empty space disguised as a human.
- I can't just let a human take over.
- To be treated like a human is a luxury, perhaps, in this age where jobs are scarce.
THESAURUS
a person: · The monkeys show no fear of humans.· It was thought that the disease could not be passed to human beings.
all the people in the world, considered as one group: · War and aggression threaten the future of the whole human race.
people in general – used especially when you are talking about people’s rights, or their suffering etc: · The general was accused of committing crimes against humanity.· 30% of humanity live in conditions of terrible poverty.
people in general – used especially when talking about their history and development. Some people prefer not to use mankind because it sounds like it does not include women: · Travelling into space was a great advance for mankind.· The greatest threat to humankind is poverty.
people in general – used especially when you are talking about people compared to nature. Some people prefer not to use man because it sounds like it does not include women: · The grandeur of the mountains is a constant reminder of man’s insignificance.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES An independent committee will look into alleged human rights abuses. Knowledge of human anatomy is essential to figure drawing. a human being Prisoners should be treated with regard for human dignity. an outstanding example of human endeavor human frailties It is impossible to understand the complex nature of the human mind. The UN is sending peace monitors to the area. Of course she’s jealous – it’s only human nature (=the feelings and ways of behaving that all people have). Freud’s account of the human psyche a human sacrifice (=a person killed as a sacrifice) The meat was declared unfit for human consumption (=not suitable to eat). The house was unfit for human habitation (=not good enough to live in).
An independent committee will look into alleged human rights abuses.· There was no sign of any human activity.
Knowledge of human anatomy is essential to figure drawing.· the scientific study of human behaviour· detailed observations of animal behaviour
a human being· There are billions of cells in an adult human body.
· They dug up a lot of human bones from under the castle.
· the structure of plant cells
(=a large number of people who form a line, a circle etc to do something)· Riot police formed human chains to block demonstrators.
· The power of speech is an entirely human characteristic.
· the development of human civilization
· Speech is the most effective method of human communication.
· Societies have certain rules for normal human conduct.
· The human conscience is a product of civilization.
(=spending time with other people)· He lived alone and had little human contact.
(=standards of behaviour that are expected of everyone) The film was banned on the grounds of public decency.
The film was banned on the grounds of public decency. Prisoners should be treated with regard for human dignity.· What the figures cannot show us is the human dimension of the disaster.
· the expression of human emotions through music and poetry
an outstanding example of human endeavor (=errors made by people)· Automatic checks reduce the danger of human error.
· Our ancestors reached a key stage in human evolution when they began to stand up straight.
· Darwin's theory of natural selection changed our view of human existence forever.
human frailties· The actual number of human genes is still in dispute.
(=happiness felt by people)· One of the greatest sources of human happiness is love.
· Some chemicals pose a significant risk to human health.
(=the history of people rather than the world itself)· World War I was the most destructive war in human history up to that time.
· It's a natural human instinct to comfort someone who is unhappy.
It is impossible to understand the complex nature of the human mind. The UN is sending peace monitors to the area. Of course she’s jealous – it’s only human nature (=the feelings and ways of behaving that all people have). (=people’s abilities or qualities)· Mass unemployment is a shameful waste of human potential.
Freud’s account of the human psyche· Human relationships fascinate me.
(=the rights that everyone should have)· This company always operates with respect for human rights.
a human sacrifice (=a person killed as a sacrifice) (=one that is small enough for people to understand and be happy with)· Architects have been asked to redesign some of the buildings on a more human scale.
· The UN wants to see an end to the conflict and the human tragedy involved.
The meat was declared unfit for human consumption (=not suitable to eat). The house was unfit for human habitation (=not good enough to live in).· basic human values such as honesty, decency, and duty
(=violations of every person's right to be treated fairly and without cruelty)· There have been protests about human rights violations at the prison.
(=from people going to the toilet)· The prison was full of the smell of human waste.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Perhaps a more important point is that human beings are not very efficient hosts for yellow-fever virus.· The Goddess did not create human beings as a one-time event thousands of years ago.· The judge grilled him: Have you talked to any human beings?· From that perspective human beings become a species, worth preserving.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► human interest/love interest
- In the 1960s, the flats were declared unfit for human habitation and demolished.
- Many of the housing projects are unfit for human habitation.
- The court was told that Blake had charged hundreds of dollars in rent for rooms that were unfit for human habitation.
- That single room was unfit for human habitation.
- The slums built during the Industrial Revolution soon became unfit for human habitation.
- They pronounced the attic unfit for human habitation and Jean-Claude inadequate to support me.
- It's human nature to put off doing things you don't like to do.
- But it's human nature that people-male or female-will do what they are allowed to get away with.
- Pollution is threatening the future of the human race.
- The entire human race could be wiped out by nuclear war.
- Until then, no member of the human race had ever been able to make a map of the whole world.
- And the milk of human kindness ... Hickory gets used to a new mum.
- It is not a thought soggy with the milk of human kindness.
WORD FAMILYnounhumanhumanismhumanity ≠ inhumanityhumanitarianhumanitarianismhumankindhumanoidadjectivehuman ≠ inhumansuperhumansubhumanhumane ≠ inhumanehumanitarianhumanoidadverbhumanly ≠ inhumanlyhumanely ≠ inhumanelyverbhumanize
a personTHESAURUShuman/human being a person: · The monkeys show no fear of humans.· It was thought that the disease could not be passed to human beings.the human race all the people in the world, considered as one group: · War and aggression threaten the future of the whole human race.humanity people in general – used especially when you are talking about people’s rights, or their suffering etc: · The general was accused of committing crimes against humanity.· 30% of humanity live in conditions of terrible poverty.mankind/humankind people in general – used especially when talking about their history and development. Some people prefer not to use mankind because it sounds like it does not include women: · Travelling into space was a great advance for mankind.· The greatest threat to humankind is poverty.man people in general – used especially when you are talking about people compared to nature. Some people prefer not to use man because it sounds like it does not include women: · The grandeur of the mountains is a constant reminder of man’s insignificance.