civil

adj.

1. 国民的；平民的
   connected with the people who live in a country
   1. civil unrest (= that is caused by groups of people within a country)
      民众的骚乱
2. 国家的，政府的（非宗教或军事的）
   connected with the state rather than with religion or with the armed forces
   1. a civil marriage ceremony
      非宗教仪式的结婚典礼
3. 民事的（非刑事的）
   involving personal legal matters and not criminal law
   1. a civil court
      民事法庭
4. 有礼貌的；客气的
   polite in a formal way but possibly not friendly

1. ADJ 公民的;国民的;国内的
   You use civil to describe events that happen within a country and that involve the different groups of people in it.
   1. ...civil unrest.
      国内骚乱
2. ADJ 民用的;平民的;非军事的
   You use civil to describe people or things in a country that are not connected with its armed forces.
   1. ...the US civil aviation industry.
      美国民用航空业
3. ADJ 政府的；国家的;世俗的;非宗教的
   You use civil to describe things that are connected with the state rather than with a religion.
   1. They were married on August 9 in a civil ceremony in Venice.
      他们于8月9号在威尼斯举行了世俗婚礼。
   2. ...Jewish civil and religious law.
      犹太民法和宗教法
4. ADJ （权利）公民的，公民应有的
   You use civil to describe the rights that people have within a society.
   1. ...a United Nations covenant on civil and political rights.
      联合国公民和政治权利公约
5. ADJ-GRADED 彬彬有礼的;斯文的;客气的
   Someone who is civil is polite in a formal way, but not particularly friendly.
   1. As visitors, the least we can do is be civil to the people in their own land.
      作为来访者，我们最起码能做到的就是对当地人要彬彬有礼。

1. We have been preparing our fighters to adjust themselves to civil society
   我们一直在培训我们的战士，以使他们适应普通的社会生活。
2. Civil war and famine sent the nation plunging into anarchy.
   内战和饥荒使该国陷入了无政府状态。
3. He acknowledged the sense of betrayal by civil rights leaders.
   他承认自己有被民权领袖出卖了的感觉。
4. The date of the document can be deduced from references to the Civil War
   这份文件的日期可以从其中多次提到内战之处进行推断。
5. His courage in defending religious and civil rights inspired many outside the church
   他在捍卫宗教和公民权利时所表现出来的勇气鼓舞了许多教会之外的人。
6. The years of civil war have dehumanized all of us.
   连年内战剥夺了我们所有人的人性。
7. The letter called for trade union freedom and civil rights, but did not openly denounce the regime
   这封信呼吁保障工会自由和公民权利，但没有公开谴责该政权。
8. Years of civil war have wrecked the country's infrastructure and destroyed its social fabric.
   经年内战已破坏了国家的基础设施，摧毁了其社会结构。
9. A former Finance Minister and five senior civil servants are accused of fraud.
   一名前财政大臣和五名高级公务员被指控诈骗。
10. He doubted their claim to have forsaken military solutions to the civil war
    他对他们声称已经放弃通过武力解决内战感到怀疑。
11. Junior and middle-ranking civil servants have pledged to join the indefinite strike.
    基层和中层公务员已承诺要加入到无限期罢工中来。
12. Democracy survived the Civil War and the developing industrial leviathan and struggled on into the twentieth century.
    民主经历了内战和庞大工业体系的逐渐兴起仍然幸存了下来，并且艰难挺进了20世纪。
13. The strike has taken on overtones of a civil rights campaign
    罢工带上了民权运动的意味。
14. This form of civil disobedience isn't a particularly new phenomenon.
    这种形式的非暴力反抗并不是特别新的现象。
15. They have purged thousands from the upper levels of the civil service.
    他们从上层文职部门清除了上千名公务员。
16. These ideas resurfaced again in the American civil rights movement
    这些观念在美国民权运动中重新抬头。
17. He has warned that the serious rifts within the country could lead to civil war
    他已经发出了警告，国家内部严重的不和可能会引发内战。
18. But the government's plans have run into strong opposition from civil rights campaigners.
    但是政府的计划意外遭到了民权运动人士的强烈反对。
19. A system like ours lacks adequate safeguards for civil liberties.
    我们这样的制度缺乏有效保护公民自由的条款。
20. The government has decided to increase salaries for all civil servants.
    政府已决定给所有公务员加薪。
21. We cannot take sides in a civil war
    内战中我们不能支持任何一方。
22. He has shown a great deal of courage in sticking up for democracy and civil liberties.
    他在捍卫民主和公民自由上表现出巨大的勇气。
23. These demands are helping to stoke fears of civil war.
    这些要求助长了人们对内战的恐惧。
24. The parliament in Madrid was taken over by civil guards.
    马德里议会大厦被国民警卫队接管了。
25. Diplomats denounced the leaders for trampling their citizens 'civil rights
    外交官谴责这些领导人践踏其公民的公民权。
26. Victory in the civil war had been achieved by a mainly volunteer army.
    一支主要由志愿军组成的队伍取得了内战的胜利。
27. They have taken measures to equate the salaries of higher civil servants to those of business executives.
    他们采取措施使高级文职人员的工资和企业管理干部的工资相等。
28. He made a very civil bow to me.
    他对我彬彬有礼地鞠了一躬。

  polite civil courteous【导航词义：有礼貌的】

  polite adj. 有礼貌的，客气的

〔辨析〕指言谈举止礼貌得当的，能够考虑到他人的需要或感受。

  civil adj. 文明的，有礼貌的

〔辨析〕指彬彬有礼、客客气气的，显得庄重但并非很友好。

  courteous adj. 有礼貌的

〔辨析〕指礼貌客气的，通常含有尊敬、谦恭的意思。