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(guān)懷和人道的社會(huì)
來自《權(quán)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.