civility

英 [səˈvɪləti]

美 [səˈvɪləti]

n. 彬彬有礼的行为; 礼貌; 客气; 客套

复数：civilities　

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

noun

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；
The young men treated him with great civility, and gradually engaged him in a conversation.
这位年轻人对他非常客气，渐渐与他交谈起来。
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。
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。
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。
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？
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。
The collapse of national civility and cohesion made it difficult for the disputants to hear each other.
民族的谦恭精神和团结一致精神的瓦解使争论者们很难倾听对方的意见。
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。