civil ['sɪv.əl] adjective ORDINARY 普通的 ADVANCED [before noun] ■not military or religious, or relating to the ordinary people of a country 文职的;民用的;平民的,国民的•Helicopters are mainly used for military rather than civil use.直升机主要用于军事而非民用。 •After ten years of military dictatorship, the country now has a civil government.经历了十年军事专制统治后,该国现在有了一个文人政府。 •We weren't married in church, but we had a civil ceremony in a registry office.我们没在教堂结婚,不过在婚姻登记处举行了非宗教的仪式。 ['sɪv.əl] adjective LAW 法律 [before noun] legal ■relating to private arguments between people or organizations rather than criminal matters 民事的•The matter would be better dealt with in the civil court rather than by an expensive criminal proceeding.这事最好在民事法庭处理,而不要进行昂贵的刑事诉讼。 ['sɪv.əl] adjective POLITE 礼貌的 ■polite and formal 有礼貌的;文明的;客气的•His manner was civil, though not particularly friendly.他的态度很客气,尽管不是特别友好。 ['sɪv.əl] adjective Keep a civil tongue in your head ! old-fashioned ■used to tell someone to stop being rude 别粗鲁!要讲礼貌! ['sɪv.əl] adjective not have a civil word to say about sb ■to not be able to think of anything good to say about someone 说不出(某人)甚么好话;对(某人)没有任何好感 |