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

• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• But civility has been sacrificed to the gratuitous insult.
  然而礼貌却沦为无端侮辱的牺牲品。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。