He was also a person with very obvious human failings.
他也是一个具有明显人性弱点的人。
3.somebody is only humanBLAMEused to say that someone should not be blamed for what they have done 某人只是个普通人而已〔表示某人不应因其所为受责备〕
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somebody is only human• The Supreme Court's nine justices are only human - sometimes they make mistakes.• It is only human of Mr Teicher to make himself into the hero-victim of his own narrative.• Greed is only human, they say.
4NORMALSAMEhaving the same feelings and emotions as ordinary people 有人性的,有平凡人的思想感情的
He’s really not so bad. When you get to know him he seems quite human.
human interest• For he is above all concerned to deny that the point of the universe is somehow to servehuman interests.• Gombe is still inaccessible by road - but despite its isolation, it hasn't lackedhuman interest.• One clear fact is that those reasonsrelate entirely to human interests.• 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 idealizedview of the information needs of an area of particular human interest or activity.• human interest stories• A human interest story, featuring the second-youngest Nobel laureate in history, seemed to him much more promising.• Undoubtedly, the human interest story of how I have managed to be a theoreticalphysicist despite my disability has helped.
7.the human conditionthe experiences, emotions, needs etc that all people share, especially considered as a situation from which it is impossible to escape 人类的处境,人的境况
Anne Frank was the girl whose diary put a human face on the Holocaust.
安妮·弗兰克就是那位在日记中通过个人经历来描写大屠杀的女孩。
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put a human face on something• What he fails to do is to put a human face on these processes.
10.capitalism/communism/socialism etc with a human facea capitalist etc economic and political system that does not ignore people’s needs 人性化的资本主义/共产主义/社会主义等
nCOLLOCATIONS
nouns
the 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 behaviourBritish EnglishBrE, 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.
phrases
for human consumption/habitation (=to be eaten/lived in by people)
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.
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human• He's not human; he's an emptyspacedisguised 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.• But, of course, being known by another human leaves one open to incursion, to cast it in militaryparlance.