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Civilian N 平民 Colony Civil Law Sense Attested

单词 civilian
音标 [si'viljən]
解释 n.平民
红宝书 【英】 n. 平民 (any person not an active member of the armed forces or police)
【考】 bacterium : colony / citizen : nation(细菌组成菌落/公民 组成国家)
【记】 civil(=citizen市民) +ian→市民的,平民
【同】 同根词:civilizatio n(文明,教化)
字源 civilian (n.)
late 14c., "judge or authority on civil law," from Old French civilien "of the civil law," created from Latin civilis "relating to a citizen, relating to public life, befitting a citizen; popular, affable, courteous" (see civil). Sense of "non-military person" is attested by 1819 (earlier in this sense was civilian, attested from c.1600 as "non-soldier"). The adjective is from 1640s.
不择手段背单词 n. 平民(与军人相对而言)
【记】civil = citizen(n 市民)-市民的, 平民
【参】civilization(n 文明, 教化; 一个著名游戏的名称)
【类】bacterium: colony = citizen: nation细菌组成菌落 = 公民组成民族
趣味全助记 【记】civil 公民,市民的 + an 一个市民

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