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

• Friendship cannot live with ceremony, nor without civility.
  友谊不能有客套，但也少不了礼貌。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We demand a level of civility and cooperation.
  我们需要一个礼貌和合作的标准。
• She answered him with cold civility.
  她客客气气地敷衍了他一下。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。