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

• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• Wonderful civility this! It emboldened me to ask a question.
  多么彬彬有礼啊！于是我大着胆子问了个问题。
• 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。
• Hi! I am an energetic who like to travel around and thinks that it's time for people to start acting with more respect and civility in the world.
  喂！我是个精力充沛和热爱旅游的人，而且认为是人类开始在这世界上行动和平并和睦共处，以获取更多在人与人之间的礼貌和尊敬上的良益的时候。
• 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。
• She greeted them with civility, but not much warmth.
  她客气地招呼了他们，可是不大热情。
• 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。