humane

hu·mane /hjuːˈmeɪn/ adjectiveadj

CRUELtreating people or animals in a way that is not cruel and causes them as little suffering as possible 人道的，仁慈的 OPP inhumane

the campaign for the humane treatment of criminals

提倡人道地对待罪犯的运动

a better, more humane world

更美好、更人道的社会

—humanely adverbadv

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humane• He represents the { new morality } founded on the natural goodness of man; he is tolerant and humane.• First thing first: a humane agreement between two peoples who must live side by side.• This has both humane and practical interest.• No one would deny that music can embody great humane and religious themes.• There the master is a humane aristocrat possessed of a fine library, progressive opinions and a patrician kindness.• Animals are now raised in more humane conditions.• What is now plain is that the best work has a deep capacity for humane, even spiritual insight.• Imprisonment is not a humane form of punishment.• French revolutionaries considered death by guillotine to be a more humane method of execution.• Time passed and more humane, non-invasive methods of measuring blood pressure were devised.• There was a humane royal government, Tudor or Stuart, to slow the thing down.

more humane• Often an arrangement is accepted as being faster, more cost-effective and more humane.• Whitehall's obsessive secrecy may have a more humane base than generally allowed, though that seems rather unlikely.• He had a more humane kinda approach.• The design trend called New Urbanism or Neo-Traditional development argues for a more humane, pedestrian-friendly approach.• White women say in the polls that they want more humane politics.• And the Communists were no more humane toward their prisoners than their oppressors had been toward them.• It was also the result of mounting pressure from the late 1870s for more humane treatment of the aged.• This is only a temporary solution and there have been many attempts to organise more humane working systems.

Origin humane

(1400-1500) human

hu·mane adjectiveadj

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