civility
英 [səˈvɪləti]
美 [səˈvɪləti]
n. 彬彬有礼的行为; 礼貌; 客气; 客套
复数：civilities
BNC.21057 / COCA.12195
牛津词典
noun
- 彬彬有礼的行为；礼貌；客气
polite behaviour- 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。
- Staff members are trained to treat customers with civility at all times.
- 客套；客气
remarks that are said only in order to be polite
柯林斯词典
- → see:civil
英英释义
noun
- the act of showing regard for others
- formal or perfunctory politeness
双语例句
- Can we measure a civility footprint as we would a carbon footprint?
人们测量文明足迹能像对碳足迹一样吗？ - Confusion has broken in upon the world, and thrown down all the boundaries of civility and reverence.
混乱使世界四分五裂，破坏了所有礼貌和尊敬的界限。 - But civility has been sacrificed to the gratuitous insult.
然而礼貌却沦为无端侮辱的牺牲品。 - The occupation of a man is in duty, in use, in civility, in politics.
男子汉的工作是责任、义务、礼仪和政治活动。 - She answered him with cold civility.
她客客气气地敷衍了他一下。 - He threw out the bridge of a charming hollow civility.
他架起了一座虚情假意的迷人的桥梁。 - Heathcliff had not the habit of bestowing a single unnecessary civility on Miss Linton, I knew.
我知道，希刺克厉夫对林惇小姐向来没有献一下不必要的殷勤的习惯。 - Wonderful civility this! It emboldened me to ask a question.
多么彬彬有礼啊！于是我大着胆子问了个问题。 - A state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect.
和谐或相互尊敬的气氛或状态。 - 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”。