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

Confusion has broken in upon the world, and thrown down all the boundaries of civility and reverence.
混乱使世界四分五裂，破坏了所有礼貌和尊敬的界限。
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。
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。
But I don't because there has to be some civility in the world.
但是我不说，因为这个世界还是需要一点文明的。
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。
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；
She answered him with cold civility.
她客客气气地敷衍了他一下。
But civility has been sacrificed to the gratuitous insult.
然而礼貌却沦为无端侮辱的牺牲品。
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。
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。