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civil

English → Chinese

adj//ˈsɪvl//

(society) 民用的; 与普通公民有关的,而非军事或宗教的

The bridge was a major civil engineering project that took five years to complete.

(Chinese) 这座大桥是一项重大的民用工程项目,历时五年才完成。

Civil rights activists worked hard to ensure equality for all members of society.

(Chinese) 民权活动家努力工作以确保社会所有成员的平等。

adj//ˈsɪvl//

(behavior) 有礼貌的; 虽然不亲近但表现得客气、守礼

Despite their disagreement, they managed to remain civil to each other.

(Chinese) 尽管存在分歧,他们仍能保持对彼此有礼貌。

I hope we can have a civil discussion about the problems in our neighborhood.

(Chinese) 我希望我们能对社区存在的问题进行一次客气的讨论。

Entry ID: en:zh:civil · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary