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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

          • 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。
          • 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?
          • 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。
          • Friendship cannot live with ceremony, nor without civility.
            友谊不能有客套,但也少不了礼貌。
          • 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。
          • She answered him with cold civility.
            她客客气气地敷衍了他一下。
          • 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。
          • 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。
          • Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment.
            谦逊有礼不是战术也不是感情用事。
          • 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。