civil
英 ['s?v(?)l; -?l]
美['s?vl]
- adj. 公民的；民间的；文职的；有礼貌的；根据民法的
- n. (Civil)人名；(土)吉维尔；(法)西维尔
英英释意
- 1. applying to ordinary citizens;
- "civil law"
- "civil authorities"
- 2. not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others;
- "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham
- 3. of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state;
- "civil affairs"
- "civil strife"
- "civil disobediece"
- "civil branches of government"
- 4. of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals;
- "civil rights"
- "civil liberty"
- "civic duties"
- "civic pride"
- 5. (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life;
- "the civil calendar"
- "a civil day begins at mean midnight"
- 6. of or in a condition of social order;
- "civil peoples"