| 单词 | to show civility |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto show (also †do) civility a. Behaviour or speech appropriate to civil interactions; politeness, courtesy, consideration. In later use frequently with negative overtones: the minimum degree of courtesy required in a social situation; absence of rudeness. Also in to show (also †do) civility. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] manshipOE metheOE courtesy?c1225 debonairty?c1225 gentrice?c1225 debonairshipa1240 hendlaika1250 fairnessc1275 hendiness?a1300 hendshipc1300 meeknessc1300 bonairty1303 bonairnessc1375 debonairness1382 humanityc1384 menskinga1400 hendnessc1400 comity1542 civilness1556 civility1561 courtshipa1640 discretion1752 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. xx. f. 161 Yt among Christians may be a common shew of religion, & among men may be manlike ciuilitie. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. i. f. 38 Wee cannot oftentimes; nor ought not to faile in ciuilitie and curtesie, in respect only of our owne duetie. For wee are bound to resalute those which salute vs, bee they our inferiours or equals. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. ii. 23 Any madnesse..seem'd but tamenesse, ciuility, and patience to this his distemper he is in now. View more context for this quotation 1618 N. Field Amends for Ladies ii. sig. C3 v Fie seruant, you shew small ciuilitie And lesse humanitie. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. §10. 2 Jesus being invited, he went to do civility to the persons espoused. 1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 75 in Scepsis Scientifica My Civility to this Learned Man obliged me to some Answer. 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 30 Aug. (1965) I. 256 The..Ladys..have..been to see me with great civility. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 165. ⁋12 I must purchase by civility that regard which I had expected to enforce by insolence. 1762 tr. Country Seat II. 185 His Compliment to Mrs. Fortia did not want Politeness; and to her a Savage would show Civility. a1839 T. H. Bayly Songs, Ballads & Other Poems (1844) I. 148 I will deign to show civility, To the tip tops of gentility. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico III. vii. v. 341 A cold civility, which carried no conviction of its sincerity. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 31 He would not use the common forms of civility. 1904 Times 10 Sept. 5/2 Everywhere the people showed civility and friendliness. 1953 G. Heyer Cotillion xv. 247 She was obliged for civility's sake to dance several times. 1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Aug. 26/1 Nixon often mistook civility for weakness, as one sees in his taped references to loyal followers as ‘candy asses’. < as lemmas |
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