humanity

Compared meaning: the human race as a whole (noun).

比较义项：人类（整体）（名词）。

• man

  Used without an article as an old-fashioned, literary way to refer to the human race as a whole; appears mainly in fixed, rhetorical expressions and can sound sexist to modern readers.

  不加冠词、以老式文学化的方式泛指整个人类；主要出现在固定的、带修辞色彩的表达中，在现代读者听来可能带有性别歧视意味。

  History is full of examples of man's inhumanity to man.

  历史充满了“人对人不人道”的例子。

• humanity 本词

  The plain, modern, neutral term for the human race as a group; commonly used when talking about shared feelings, compassion, or humankind's moral community.

  是指人类整体最平实、最现代、最中性的说法；常用于谈论人类共有的情感、同情心或道德共同体时使用。

  The war photographs reminded viewers of our common humanity.

  这些战争照片提醒观者，我们同属人类。

• mankind

  A formal, slightly old-fashioned term for the human race as a whole; common in elevated, rhetorical statements about human achievement, destiny, or the good of everyone.

  是指整个人类的正式说法，略显老式；常见于关于人类成就、命运或全人类福祉的庄重、带修辞色彩的陈述中。

  Landing on the moon was called a giant leap for mankind.

  登月被称为人类的一大步。

Man, humanity, and mankind all mean the whole human race, with different tones. Man is old-fashioned and literary, sometimes sexist. Mankind is formal, used in grand statements. Humanity is the most neutral, often implying compassion. It excludes man meaning 'adult male' and humanity meaning 'kindness'.

这三个词在此义项上都表示“人类整体”，但语气和用法不同：man常见于老派的文学化固定表达，甚至带性别色彩；mankind正式庄重，多用于宏大叙事；humanity则是最中性、最现代的说法，还常带有同情与人道关怀的意味。这里不比较man表示“成年男性”的义项，也不比较humanity表示“人道、仁慈”的义项。