[ADJ 形容词]公民的;国民的;国内的 You use civil to describe events that happen within a country and that involve the different groups of people in it.
[ADJ n]
...civil unrest.
国内骚乱
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[ADJ 形容词]民用的;平民的;非军事的 You use civil to describe people or things in a country that are not connected with its armed forces.
[usu ADJ n]
...the US civil aviation industry.
美国民用航空业
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[ADJ 形容词]政府的;国家的;世俗的;非宗教的 You use civil to describe things that are connected with the state rather than with a religion.
[ADJ n]
They were married on August 9 in a civil ceremony in Venice.
他们于8月9号在威尼斯举行了世俗婚礼。
...Jewish civil and religious law.
犹太民法和宗教法
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[ADJ 形容词](权利)公民的,公民应有的 You use civil to describe the rights that people have within a society.
[ADJ n]
...a United Nations covenant on civil and political rights.
联合国公民和政治权利公约
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]彬彬有礼的;斯文的;客气的 Someone who is civil is polite in a formal way, but not particularly friendly.
[FORMAL 正式]
As visitors, the least we can do is be civil to the people in their own land.
作为来访者,我们最起码能做到的就是对当地人要彬彬有礼。
civilly
The man nodded civilly to Sharpe, then consulted a notebook.
那个人有礼貌地朝夏普点点头,然后翻查起一个笔记本来。
civility
...civility to underlings.
对下属的客气
Oxford
civil★AWL/ˈsɪvl; NAmEˈsɪvl/adjective1★[only before noun ]connected with the people who live in a country 国民的;平民的◆civil unrest (= that is caused by groups of people within a country)民众的骚乱☞see also
civil war
2★[only before noun ]connected with the state rather than with religion or with the armed forces 国家的,政府的(非宗教或军事的)◆a civil marriage ceremony非宗教仪式的结婚典礼3[only before noun ]involving personal legal matters and not criminal law 民事的(非刑事的)◆a civil court民事法庭☞compare
criminal
adj. (2 )☞see also
civil law
4polite in a formal way but possibly not friendly 有礼貌的;客气的OPP
uncivil
▶civ·il·ly/ˈsɪvəli; NAmEˈsɪvəli/adverb◆She greeted him civilly but with no sign of affection.她礼貌地向他打招呼,但没有一丝爱意。civil/ˈsɪvl; NAmEˈsɪvl/civ·il·ly/ˈsɪvəli; NAmEˈsɪvəli/
LDC
civilciv‧il /ˈsɪvəl/ ●●○S3W2AWL adjective
Word Origin
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1[only before noun] relating to the people who live in a countrycivil war/disturbance/unrest etc (=fighting etc between different groups of people living in the same country) →
civil liberty
, civil rights
2[only before noun] relating to the ordinary people or things in a country that are not part of military, government, or religious organizations: They were married in a civil ceremony in May.3[only before noun] relating to the laws about the private affairs of citizens, such as laws about business or property, rather than laws about crime → civil law, criminal: Many civil cases can be settled out of court.4polite in a formal but not very friendly way → civility: Try at least to be civil.► see thesaurus at
polite
COLLOCATIONSnounscivil war (=fighting between groups of people in the same country)· His family fled Spain during the Spanish civil war.civil rights (=the right to vote, be treated fairly etc that everyone should have)· Black people marched in defence of their civil rights.civil liberties/liberty (=the right to be free to do what you want within the law)· Detention without trial threatens our civil liberties.civil disobedience/unrest (=when people protest or behave violently)· Unemployment has provoked widespread civil unrest.civil disturbances/strife (=civil unrest)· Troops have been called in to deal with civil disturbances.
WDF
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公民的(33%),民用的(19%),民事的(18%),文明的(16%),国内的(14%)
adj.公民的;民间的;文职的;有礼貌的;根据民法的
n.(Civil)人名;(土)吉维尔;(法)西维尔
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