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.
双语例句
1. a caring and humane society
充满关怀和人道的社会
来自《权威词典》
2. Is it humane to kill animals for food?
宰杀牲畜来吃合乎人道 吗 ?
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. In the mid-nineteenth century, Dorothea Dix began to campaign for humane treatment of the mentally ill.
在19世纪中叶，多罗西娅·迪克斯开始发起为精神病患者争取人道待遇的运动。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Those who want to take child abuse seriously today must stake out a humane child protection practice.
当前想要认真对待虐待儿童问题的人们必须明确保护儿童的人道主义行为的具体做法。
来自柯林斯例句
5. I am divided from mankind, a solitaire, one banish'd from humane society.