单词 | civil |
释义 | civ·il ![]() adj. 1. Of, relating to, or befitting a citizen or citizens: civil duties. 2. Of or relating to citizens and their interrelations with one another or with the state: government agencies concerned with civil affairs. 3. Of ordinary citizens or ordinary community life as distinguished from the military or the ecclesiastical: married in a civil ceremony at city hall. 4. Sufficiently observing or befitting accepted social usages; polite: a civil reply. See Synonyms at polite. 5. Being in accordance with or denoting legally recognized divisions of time: a civil year. 6. Law Relating to the rights of private individuals and legal proceedings concerning these rights as distinguished from criminal, military, or international regulations or proceedings. [Middle English, from Latin cīvīlis, from cīvis, citizen; see CIVIC.] civil·ly adv. |
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