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
1. 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。
客套；客气
remarks that are said only in order to be polite

noun

First, there has been a decline in moral values and political civility at home.
首先，国内的道德价值观和政治文明衰退。
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。
Yet his outreach to Republicans is no sham; his civility, I think, is not a front.
然而，他向共和党示好并不是佯装；我想他的礼貌行为也不是装摸作样。
A state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect.
和谐或相互尊敬的气氛或状态。
Hobbes, more than anyone else, wants us to value the virtues of civility.
霍布斯比任何人都更想让我们，重视文明的美德。
Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment.
谦逊有礼不是战术也不是感情用事。
But civility has been sacrificed to the gratuitous insult.
然而礼貌却沦为无端侮辱的牺牲品。
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。
Heathcliff had not the habit of bestowing a single unnecessary civility on Miss Linton, I knew.
我知道，希刺克厉夫对林惇小姐向来没有献一下不必要的殷勤的习惯。
Can we measure a civility footprint as we would a carbon footprint?
人们测量文明足迹能像对碳足迹一样吗？