civil /ˈsɪvəl/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADJ You use civil to describe events that happen within a country and that involve the different groups of people in it. 国民的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...civil unrest.

  …民众的骚乱。

• 2. 

  ADJ You use civil to describe people or things in a country that are not connected with its armed forces. 民用的

  例：

  ...the U.S. civil aviation industry.

  …美国民用航空工业。

• 3. 

  ADJ You use civil to describe things that are connected with the state rather than with a religion. 民政的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  They were married on August 9 in a civil ceremony in Venice.

  他们于8月9日在威尼斯通过民政仪式结了婚。

• 4. 

  ADJ You use civil to describe the rights that people have within a society. 公民的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...a United Nations covenant on civil and political rights.

  …一份关于民权和政治权利的联合国公约。

• 5. 

  ADJ Someone who is civil is polite in a formal way, but not particularly friendly. 文明的 [正式]

  例：

  As visitors, the least we can do is be civil to the people in their own land.

  作为游客，我们至少要能做到文明地对待当地人民。

• 6. 

  civility N-UNCOUNT 礼貌

  例：

  ...civility to underlings.

  …对下属的礼待。