civil

柯林斯詞典

1. ADJ You use civil to describe events that happen within a country and that involve the different groups of people in it. 國民的[ADJ n]
...civil unrest. …民眾的騷亂。
2. ADJ You use civil to describe people or things in a country that are not connected with its armed forces. 民用的
...the U.S. civil aviation industry. …美國民用航空工業(yè)。
3. ADJ You use civil to describe things that are connected with the state rather than with a religion. 民政的[ADJ n]
They were married on August 9 in a civil ceremony in Venice. 他們于8月9日在威尼斯通過民政儀式結(jié)了婚。
4. ADJ You use civil to describe the rights that people have within a society. 公民的[ADJ n]
...a United Nations covenant on civil and political rights. …一份關(guān)于民權(quán)和政治權(quán)利的聯(lián)合國公約。
5. ADJ Someone who is civil is polite in a formal way, but not particularly friendly. 文明的[正式]
As visitors, the least we can do is be civil to the people in their own land. 作為游客，我們至少要能做到文明地對待當(dāng)?shù)厝嗣瘛?/p>
6. civilityN-UNCOUNT 禮貌
...civility to underlings. …對下屬的禮待。