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 |