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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

          • She greeted them with civility, but not much warmth.
            她客气地招呼了他们,可是不大热情。
          • Career-minded executives are finding a connection between civility and success.
            精明的主管们开始注意到礼仪形象与成功之间的关系了。
          • 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。
          • 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。
          • Comity is the practice, or courtesy, between states of treating each other with goodwill and civility.
            国际礼让是国家之间基于善意和礼节彼此给予对方的习惯和礼貌作法。
          • 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。
          • 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”。