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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

          • 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。
          • 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。
          • I told him to have the civility next time to ask permission before walking through my garden.
            我告诉他应该懂得礼貌,下次在穿过我的花园之前要先征求我同意。
          • First, there has been a decline in moral values and political civility at home.
            首先,国内的道德价值观和政治文明衰退。
          • Young clerks often lack both knowledge and civility.
            年轻的服务员缺少知识和礼貌。
          • 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;
          • 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?
          • She answered him with cold civility.
            她客客气气地敷衍了他一下。
          • 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”。
          • But civility has been sacrificed to the gratuitous insult.
            然而礼貌却沦为无端侮辱的牺牲品。