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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Young clerks often lack both knowledge and civility.
  年轻的服务员缺少知识和礼貌。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；