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civil

adjective
 
🔊/ˈsɪvl/
🔊/ˈsɪvl/
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  1.  
     [only before noun] connected with the people who live in a country国民的；平民的
    • civil unrest (= that is caused by groups of people within a country)民众的骚乱
    • civil strife/conflict内乱/冲突
    • There were concerns that the economic reforms might lead to civil unrest.有人担心经济改革可能导致内乱。
    see also civil war
  2.  
     [only before noun] connected with the state rather than with religion or with the armed forces国家的，政府的（非宗教或军事的）
    • the recognition of civil unions for same-sex couples对同性伴侣的工会的认可
    • They were married in a civil ceremony.他们在民事仪式上结婚。
    • civil aviation民航
    • We have called in the army to assist the civil authorities in rescue operations.我们已召集军队协助民政部门进行救援行动。
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  3. [only before noun] involving personal legal matters and not criminal law民事的（非刑事的）
    • a civil court民事法庭
    compare criminal see also civil law
  4. polite in a formal way but possibly not friendly有礼貌的；客气的
    • The less time I have to spend being civil to him the better!我巴不得我必须跟他客套的时间越短越好！
    opposite uncivil
    Extra Examples
    • He said that the police were perfectly civil in their questioning.他说，警察在询问中完全是文职的。
    • I don't want her around if she can't behave in a civil manner to me.如果她对我不礼貌，我就不要她。
    • The teachers were all perfectly civil to me.老师们对我都很和蔼。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • remain
    • become
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • to
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    5. Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin civilis, from civis ‘citizen’.