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civility

英 [səˈvɪləti]

美 [səˈvɪləti]

n.  彬彬有礼的行为; 礼貌; 客气; 客套

复数:civilities 

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BNC.21057 / COCA.12195

牛津词典

    noun

    • 彬彬有礼的行为;礼貌;客气
      polite behaviour
      1. Staff members are trained to treat customers with civility at all times.
        全体职员接受训练,以便在任何时候对顾客都以礼相待。
    • 客套;客气
      remarks that are said only in order to be polite

      柯林斯词典

      英英释义

      noun

      • the act of showing regard for others
          Synonym:politeness
        1. formal or perfunctory politeness

          双语例句

          • We have big houses and broken homes, high incomes and low morale, secured rights and diminished civility.
            我们得到了大房子,但却换来了家庭的破裂;我们得到了高收入,但却降低了道德水准;
          • Comity is the practice, or courtesy, between states of treating each other with goodwill and civility.
            国际礼让是国家之间基于善意和礼节彼此给予对方的习惯和礼貌作法。
          • Promoting social civilization with business civility; doing what one can do to help establishing the harmonious society.
            以商业文明推动社会文明,为创建和谐社会添砖加瓦。
          • She greeted them with civility, but not much warmth.
            她客气地招呼了他们,可是不大热情。
          • Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment.
            谦逊有礼不是战术也不是感情用事。
          • There's really no excuse for not having a big civility footprint.
            的确人们没有一个借口不去留下大的文明足迹。
          • But I don't because there has to be some civility in the world.
            但是我不说,因为这个世界还是需要一点文明的。
          • Hobbes, more than anyone else, wants us to value the virtues of civility.
            霍布斯比任何人都更想让我们,重视文明的美德。
          • I used to think that civility just meant "be nice," as mom used to say.
            过去我常常认为文明仅意味着母亲过去常说的“对人和蔼”。
          • In this country with its terrible history, somehow a degree of political civility has emerged.
            在这个有着可怕历史的国家,出现了一定程度的政治文明。