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

• Hobbes, more than anyone else, wants us to value the virtues of civility.
  霍布斯比任何人都更想让我们，重视文明的美德。
• Friendship cannot live with ceremony, nor without civility.
  友谊不能有客套，但也少不了礼貌。
• But civility has been sacrificed to the gratuitous insult.
  然而礼貌却沦为无端侮辱的牺牲品。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Young clerks often lack both knowledge and civility.
  年轻的服务员缺少知识和礼貌。
• 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。
• Confusion has broken in upon the world, and thrown down all the boundaries of civility and reverence.
  混乱使世界四分五裂，破坏了所有礼貌和尊敬的界限。