civility
英 [səˈvɪləti]
美 [səˈvɪləti]
n. 彬彬有礼的行为; 礼貌; 客气; 客套
复数:civilities
BNC.21057 / COCA.12195
牛津词典
noun
- 彬彬有礼的行为;礼貌;客气
polite behaviour- 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。
- Staff members are trained to treat customers with civility at all times.
- 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
- formal or perfunctory politeness
双语例句
- Wonderful civility this! It emboldened me to ask a question.
多么彬彬有礼啊!于是我大着胆子问了个问题。 - The occupation of a man is in duty, in use, in civility, in politics.
男子汉的工作是责任、义务、礼仪和政治活动。 - 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。 - I used to think that civility just meant "be nice," as mom used to say.
过去我常常认为文明仅意味着母亲过去常说的“对人和蔼”。 - We demand a level of civility and cooperation.
我们需要一个礼貌和合作的标准。 - But civility has been sacrificed to the gratuitous insult.
然而礼貌却沦为无端侮辱的牺牲品。 - We have big houses and broken homes, high incomes and low morale, secured rights and diminished civility.
我们得到了大房子,但却换来了家庭的破裂;我们得到了高收入,但却降低了道德水准; - 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。 - There's really no excuse for not having a big civility footprint.
的确人们没有一个借口不去留下大的文明足迹。