civility是什么意思

双语例句

(1)Bree waved to us with civility when she came in.

布里进门后礼貌地向我们招了个手。

(2)John, please show more civility to your guests.

约翰，请对客人礼貌一点。

(3)The host is exchanging civilities with the guests.

主人正在跟客人们寒暄。

(4)She greeted them with civility, but not much warmth.

她礼貌地跟他们打招呼 可是不大热情

(5)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。

(6)Japanese people have shown great civility amid this massive natural disaster and there have been no instances of looting.

在这次巨大的自然灾难中， 日本人民表现出了极好的社会公德，没有发生任何抢劫事件。

(7)Civility costs nothing.

礼貌不须什么代价。

(8)Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment.

谦逊有礼不是战术也不是感情用事。

(9)I am instantly struck by the civility of the meal time.

我立刻就被用餐时间人们的礼貌震惊了。

同义词

n. 礼貌；礼仪；端庄

反义词

同根词

词根 civil

(1)civil adj. 公民的；民间的；文职的；有礼貌的；根据民法的

(2)civilized adj. 文明的；有礼貌的v. 教化；使…文明；启发（civilize的过去分词）

释义

n.

formal politeness and courtesy in behaviour or speech

客气，礼貌

I hope we can treat each other with civility and respect.

我希望我们能以礼相待，互相尊重。

(civilities)polite remarks used in formal conversation

客套，寒暄

she was exchanging civilities with his mother.

她和他母亲互相客套一番。

词源

"late Middle English： from Old French civilite, from Latin civilitas, from civilis ‘relating to citizens' （see CIVIL）. In early use the term denoted the state of being a citizen and hence good citizenship or orderly behaviour. The sense ‘politeness' arose in the mid 16th cent."

(1)Might I ask why with so little endeavor at civility I am thus repulsed?

我能否问你为什么我竟会遭受如此无礼的拒绝？《Pride & Prejudice》《傲慢与偏见》

(2)Why not? Amy, from time to time, we men need to break free from the shackles of civility and get in touch with our primal animalistic selves.

为什么没有啊？艾米，每隔一段时间，我们男人都需要挣脱文明礼仪的束缚，并回归原始野性的自我。《The Big Bang Theory Season 6》《生活大爆炸 第六季》