civil

B2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 高中 FREQ #2881 ★★★★☆

a. 市民的, 公民的, 有礼貌的 [法] 公民的, 国民的, 民用的

发音

CA /ˈsɪv.əl/
其它
US /ˈsɪv.əl/
AU /ˈsɪv.əl/
UK /ˈsɪv.əl/

词形变化

civiler civilest civiller civillest more civil 比较级 civiler 比较级 most civil 最高级 civilest 最高级

别名

ciuill civ civill

教材释义与例句

形容词

公民的；民间的；文职的；有礼貌的；根据民法的

relating to the people who live in a country

They were married in a civil ceremony in May.

他们在五月份举行了世俗婚礼。

释义与例句

adj. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.

    民事的

    She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people.

  2. 2.

    Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner; avoiding displays of hostility.

    It was very civil of him to stop the argument.

    They despise each other, but they are always civil in public.

  3. 3.

    In a peaceful and well-ordered state.

    古体
  4. 4.

    Relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters.

    法律

    a civil case

  5. 5.

    Secular.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

polite civic

反义词 2

sidereal uncivil

近义相关 3

civilian civilized civilised

相关短语

civil rights (civil-right 的复数) 民权, [法] 民事权利 civil engineering 土木工程(学) [化] 土建工程 civil defense n. （尤指防核毁灭的）民防系统 civil war 内战 [法] 内战 civil servant n. 文职人员; 公务员; 公仆; 联合国等机构的行政人员 civil service 文职部门, 行政部门 [法] 文职, 文官制, 文官考试任用制 civil liberties (civil-liberty 的复数) 公民自由 civil defence n. （主指防空的）民间防卫（组织）; 民防 civil law [法] 民法的 civil disobedience [法] 和平抵抗, 不合作主义, 民众扰乱 civil procedure 民事诉讼法 civil action [法] 民事诉讼 civil time [法] 标准时间 civil power [法] 政权, 统法权

词源

From Middle English cyvyl, civil, borrowed from Old French civil, from Latin cīvīlis (“relating to a citizen”), from cīvis (“citizen”). Cognate with Old English hīwen (“household”), hīrǣden (“family”). More at hind; hird. (polite): Compare typologically urbane (<< Latin urbs), courteous (akin to court).

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