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

• Young clerks often lack both knowledge and civility.
  年轻的服务员缺少知识和礼貌。
• 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。
• 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。
• Yet his outreach to Republicans is no sham; his civility, I think, is not a front.
  然而，他向共和党示好并不是佯装；我想他的礼貌行为也不是装摸作样。
• 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。
• A state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect.
  和谐或相互尊敬的气氛或状态。
• Career-minded executives are finding a connection between civility and success.
  精明的主管们开始注意到礼仪形象与成功之间的关系了。
• 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。
• 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。