civility

英 [səˈvɪləti]

美 [səˈvɪləti]

n.  彬彬有礼的行为; 礼貌; 客气; 客套

复数：civilities　

考研TOEFLGRE

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

• → see:civil

英英释义

noun

• the act of showing regard for others
  Synonym:politeness
• 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？
• 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。
• Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment.
  谦逊有礼不是战术也不是感情用事。
• 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”。
• 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。
• Today, Senate majority leader Harry Reid kicked off the Senate debate on her nomination by calling for civility.
  今天，参议院多数党领袖亨利。里德宣布参议院就她的提名开始辩论，并对辩论要求以文明的方式进行。
• Friendship cannot live with ceremony, nor without civility.
  友谊不能有客套，但也少不了礼貌。
• Yet his outreach to Republicans is no sham; his civility, I think, is not a front.
  然而，他向共和党示好并不是佯装；我想他的礼貌行为也不是装摸作样。
• A state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect.
  和谐或相互尊敬的气氛或状态。
• 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；