Definition of civil in English:

civil

adjective ˈsɪv(ə)lˈsɪv(ə)l

1attributive Relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns, as distinct from military or ecclesiastical matters.
公民的；市民的；国民的；民用的（区别于军事、宗教事务的）
civil aviation
民用航空。
Example sentencesExamples
- A medieval town dominated by fantastic architecture, it is a gem with ancient streets and alleyways punctuated by beautiful civil and ecclesiastical buildings.
- The issue is no longer when civil unions will be recognized but what form they will take.
- The team is made up of about 60 military and civil affairs officers doing mostly humanitarian work.
- Ultimately questions of grace inform matters of polity, both civil and ecclesiastical.
- In a world where civil disobedience was treated with toleration, that might be a good strategy.
- Indeed, one civil engineer writing to the Irish Times this week expressed astonishment at the figure.
- In its most basic form, civil affairs operators are concerned with two missions that are opposite sides of a single coin.
- Just as in the great civil rights movement forty years ago, we shall overcome.
- Post-war expansion to meet military and civil aviation requirements brought further significant innovations, but at considerable cost.
- As civil society is steadily developing, some of its elements continue to affect foreign policy.
- The nation wasn't ready for a full civil rights movement.
- But the link between civil aviation deals and military follow-ups is well established.
- And it is re-establishing the groundwork for again rationalizing a role for the military in civil political affairs.
- Thus, the great civil rights movement of the 1950s and early 1960s developed independently of the labor movement.
- With the birth of civil and military aviation in the early 1900s, the focus of weather intelligence shifted from ballistics studies to aviation support.
- A graduate of four military and two civil universities he has risen through the ranks from the time he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in May 1976.
- In the course of that revolution, many things were done that would have been intolerable in the context of ordinary democratic politics and ordinary civil life.
- But while they inculcated the maxims of passive obedience, they refused to take any part in the civil administration or the military defense of the empire.
- Specific mission requirements also require the additional task organization of military police, civil affairs, and aviation assets.
- The second use of the Law concerns civil matters.
Synonyms
secular, non-religious, lay
rare laic, laical
non-military, civilian
1. 1.1 (of conflict) occurring between citizens of the same country.
  （混乱，冲突）国内的，国民间的
  civil strife
  Example sentencesExamples
  There are indications that a new civil unrest may break out.
  The diversity and fragmentation within ethnic groupings and the balance of tensions between those groups during the twentieth century prevented interethnic civil conflict.
  Smallholder farmers predominated in the 1960s and 1970s but declined as a result of civil conflict.
  They have also helped spur a quantum leap forward in assessing and quantifying the root causes and health consequences of war, disaster, and civil conflict.
  Amendments made to the Geneva Conventions in 1977 specified that prisoners taken in internal and civil conflicts must still be considered prisoners of war.
  It is the people who are the real attraction here: good-humoured and unintrusive, their nature seems much at odds with the ongoing civil conflict.
  A peaceful world is in the interests of all people, and a world torn by civil conflicts or wars over land, water, and wealth degrades the lives of all.
  The crisis raised the prospect of civil conflict.
  At least 35,000 people have died in the civil conflict over the past decade and the death toll from civil strife since 1948 is estimated at 300,000.
  But there is the possibility here of a civil war or some kind of civil conflict.
  There were territorial conflicts, wars, civil disputes, arguments and resentment.
  Those who call for an end to impunity view crimes committed in wars or civil conflicts in the same way as crimes committed by common criminals.
  His main concern is the problem of social and political order: how human beings can live together in peace and avoid the danger and fear of civil conflict.
  When Louis XIV began his personal rule in 1661 he envisioned restoring order to a society suffering from civil strife, international war, and periodic waves of disease and famine.
  More people die in wars and civil conflict every year than have died in the tsunami area.
  It is dedicated to helping women survivors of wars and civil strife and conflict to move from being victims to survivors to activists in their own communities.
  These treaties apply when the armed forces of sovereign nations engage in armed hostilities, and some sub-rules apply during civil conflicts.
  In other countries, the severity of the challenges has contributed to the outbreak of civil conflict and even to the collapse of the state itself.
  In the aftermath of disasters, public health services must address the effects of civil strife, armed conflict, population migration, economic collapse, and famine.
  The one certainty is that the 38-year civil conflict is about to enter its bloodiest phase to date.
  Synonyms
  internal, domestic, interior, home
  national, state, local
2. 1.2Law Relating to private relations between members of a community; non-criminal.
  〔律〕民事的；非刑事的
  a civil action
  民用航空。
  a civil court
  Example sentencesExamples
  When the activities of a public body, or individual, are relevant to a private law dispute in civil proceedings, public law may in a similar way provide answers which are relevant to the resolution of the private law issue.
  A case can come in the ordinary criminal or civil jurisdiction and constitutional matters might arise.
  The January 2003 agreement was signed prior to the commencement of any civil proceedings.
  With no criminal proceedings pending in the case, the family instituted civil proceedings.
  The personal applicant was a defendant in civil penalty proceedings in the Supreme Court.
3. 1.3Law Relating to civil law.
  〔律〕与民法有关的
  Example sentencesExamples
  The fact of the matter is that in Britain and in Ireland, our legal systems are based on a common law system, while in many continental countries it is based on a civil legal system.
  The Jordanian civil legal system has its foundations in the Code Napoléon, a French legal code.
  Quebec's case law differs from the rest of Canada in that it follows a civil rather than a common law system.
  Napoleon was a universalist who believed in a common civil code for all his conquered subjects.
2Courteous and polite.
客气的，有礼貌的
they were comparatively civil to their daughter
他们对自己女儿比较客气。
they try to work out their differences in a civil manner
Example sentencesExamples
- The point of being polite or civil to another human being is not to demonstrate superiority, it is to demonstrate respect.
- Well I can't actually be civil to this programme so I won't elaborate.
- And the whole point of the movie is to ‘not be so selfish,’ but nobody acts civil to each other until the final moments.
- In other words, we need people to be civil to each other if social life is to function efficiently and with a minimum of unnecessary conflict and disruption.
- On another note, I was reasonably civil to Dave today.
- We're civil to each other, and we've worked together.
- I think what happened last night is they were civil to one another.
- If he could only be civil to me, that would be a thing.
- But there's no reason why his children and I should not be civil to each other.
- As for her acting civil to me in the textiles room, I must say, it was nicer than being insulted (which I'm sure she was extremely close to doing).
- I just wanted her to see me at the launch and maybe ponder that since she was going to keep running into me, it might pay to be civil to me.
- How is it possible to be civil to people who constantly are placing you under assault?
- Why are the British obsessed with tea and crumpets and being civil about things?
- All sides are remaining civil, which is a very good thing.
- I am so incredibly civil to him that people often take me to task for it.
- The conversation points may have been slight in content, but there is something to be said for taking the time to be civil to people.
- It is a place where people are rude and in a hurry and don't know how to be civil to one another.
- Whatever his problem may be, he does not belong in a service occupation if he cannot act in a civil and courteous manner toward his guests.
- I'll be polite and civil to him, and I honestly don't think he wants anything more than that.
- Nonetheless, he was quite empathetic and was still civil to me.
Synonyms
polite, courteous, well mannered, well bred, gentlemanly, chivalrous, gallant, ladylike, gracious, respectful
refined, urbane, polished, cultured, cultivated, civilized, cordial, genial, pleasant, affable, obliging
British informal decent
dated mannerly
3(of time) fixed by custom or law rather than being natural or astronomical.
（时间度量，时间点）习俗规定的；历法规定的（而非自然的或天文的）
civil twilight
民用晨昏蠓影。
Example sentencesExamples
- Because the calendar had to be changed regularly to keep the civil calendar in phase with the astronomical one, the parapegma had movable pegs which could be adjusted as necessary.
- The planetary day begins at sunrise and not at midnight as in the civil calendar.
- The only constraint appears to be a moonless sky for a couple of hours before civil twilight.
- It shows the bands of sunrise/set and civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight on a Mercator projection.
- Later a more accurate value of 365 1/4 days was worked out for the length of the year but the civil calendar was never changed to take this into account.
- Now one might expect that this measurement of time would either give the number of ritual calendar years since creation or the number of civil calendar years since creation.
- A civil calendar of 365 days was created for recording dates.

Derivatives

civilly

adverb ˈsɪvəliˈsɪvəli

One of the gentry he used to ferry about, a decent cove who always treated him civilly, writes letters and the sentence is commuted to transportation.
Example sentencesExamples
- And that doesn't go away because he settled civilly.
- Though we have profound differences, he is saying, we have to reason about them civilly instead of dismissing, insulting, and demonizing one another.
- It does not mean that a determination criminally, civilly, or canonically has been made regarding the truth or non-truth of the allegation.
- You are responsible civilly for that accident.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin civilis, from civis 'citizen'.

Rhymes

drivel, shrivel, snivel, swivel

Definition of civil in US English:

civil

adjectiveˈsɪv(ə)lˈsiv(ə)l

1attributive Relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns, as distinct from military or ecclesiastical matters.
公民的；市民的；国民的；民用的（区别于军事、宗教事务的）
civil aviation
民用航空。
Example sentencesExamples
- With the birth of civil and military aviation in the early 1900s, the focus of weather intelligence shifted from ballistics studies to aviation support.
- A medieval town dominated by fantastic architecture, it is a gem with ancient streets and alleyways punctuated by beautiful civil and ecclesiastical buildings.
- As civil society is steadily developing, some of its elements continue to affect foreign policy.
- In the course of that revolution, many things were done that would have been intolerable in the context of ordinary democratic politics and ordinary civil life.
- Indeed, one civil engineer writing to the Irish Times this week expressed astonishment at the figure.
- Specific mission requirements also require the additional task organization of military police, civil affairs, and aviation assets.
- Just as in the great civil rights movement forty years ago, we shall overcome.
- The issue is no longer when civil unions will be recognized but what form they will take.
- Thus, the great civil rights movement of the 1950s and early 1960s developed independently of the labor movement.
- The second use of the Law concerns civil matters.
- But the link between civil aviation deals and military follow-ups is well established.
- In its most basic form, civil affairs operators are concerned with two missions that are opposite sides of a single coin.
- A graduate of four military and two civil universities he has risen through the ranks from the time he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in May 1976.
- The nation wasn't ready for a full civil rights movement.
- But while they inculcated the maxims of passive obedience, they refused to take any part in the civil administration or the military defense of the empire.
- In a world where civil disobedience was treated with toleration, that might be a good strategy.
- The team is made up of about 60 military and civil affairs officers doing mostly humanitarian work.
- And it is re-establishing the groundwork for again rationalizing a role for the military in civil political affairs.
- Post-war expansion to meet military and civil aviation requirements brought further significant innovations, but at considerable cost.
- Ultimately questions of grace inform matters of polity, both civil and ecclesiastical.
Synonyms
secular, non-religious, lay
non-military, civilian
1. 1.1 (of disorder or conflict) occurring between citizens of the same country.
  （混乱，冲突）国内的，国民间的
  Example sentencesExamples
  More people die in wars and civil conflict every year than have died in the tsunami area.
  A peaceful world is in the interests of all people, and a world torn by civil conflicts or wars over land, water, and wealth degrades the lives of all.
  There are indications that a new civil unrest may break out.
  But there is the possibility here of a civil war or some kind of civil conflict.
  When Louis XIV began his personal rule in 1661 he envisioned restoring order to a society suffering from civil strife, international war, and periodic waves of disease and famine.
  It is the people who are the real attraction here: good-humoured and unintrusive, their nature seems much at odds with the ongoing civil conflict.
  The crisis raised the prospect of civil conflict.
  These treaties apply when the armed forces of sovereign nations engage in armed hostilities, and some sub-rules apply during civil conflicts.
  There were territorial conflicts, wars, civil disputes, arguments and resentment.
  They have also helped spur a quantum leap forward in assessing and quantifying the root causes and health consequences of war, disaster, and civil conflict.
  It is dedicated to helping women survivors of wars and civil strife and conflict to move from being victims to survivors to activists in their own communities.
  Those who call for an end to impunity view crimes committed in wars or civil conflicts in the same way as crimes committed by common criminals.
  Smallholder farmers predominated in the 1960s and 1970s but declined as a result of civil conflict.
  In the aftermath of disasters, public health services must address the effects of civil strife, armed conflict, population migration, economic collapse, and famine.
  The one certainty is that the 38-year civil conflict is about to enter its bloodiest phase to date.
  His main concern is the problem of social and political order: how human beings can live together in peace and avoid the danger and fear of civil conflict.
  Amendments made to the Geneva Conventions in 1977 specified that prisoners taken in internal and civil conflicts must still be considered prisoners of war.
  At least 35,000 people have died in the civil conflict over the past decade and the death toll from civil strife since 1948 is estimated at 300,000.
  The diversity and fragmentation within ethnic groupings and the balance of tensions between those groups during the twentieth century prevented interethnic civil conflict.
  In other countries, the severity of the challenges has contributed to the outbreak of civil conflict and even to the collapse of the state itself.
  Synonyms
  internal, domestic, interior, home
2. 1.2Law Relating to private relations between members of a community; noncriminal.
  〔律〕民事的；非刑事的
  a civil action
  民用航空。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The personal applicant was a defendant in civil penalty proceedings in the Supreme Court.
  A case can come in the ordinary criminal or civil jurisdiction and constitutional matters might arise.
  The January 2003 agreement was signed prior to the commencement of any civil proceedings.
  With no criminal proceedings pending in the case, the family instituted civil proceedings.
  When the activities of a public body, or individual, are relevant to a private law dispute in civil proceedings, public law may in a similar way provide answers which are relevant to the resolution of the private law issue.
3. 1.3Law Relating to civil law.
  〔律〕与民法有关的
  Example sentencesExamples
  The fact of the matter is that in Britain and in Ireland, our legal systems are based on a common law system, while in many continental countries it is based on a civil legal system.
  The Jordanian civil legal system has its foundations in the Code Napoléon, a French legal code.
  Napoleon was a universalist who believed in a common civil code for all his conquered subjects.
  Quebec's case law differs from the rest of Canada in that it follows a civil rather than a common law system.
2Courteous and polite.
客气的，有礼貌的
we tried to be civil to him
Example sentencesExamples
- All sides are remaining civil, which is a very good thing.
- If he could only be civil to me, that would be a thing.
- Nonetheless, he was quite empathetic and was still civil to me.
- How is it possible to be civil to people who constantly are placing you under assault?
- But there's no reason why his children and I should not be civil to each other.
- In other words, we need people to be civil to each other if social life is to function efficiently and with a minimum of unnecessary conflict and disruption.
- Why are the British obsessed with tea and crumpets and being civil about things?
- Well I can't actually be civil to this programme so I won't elaborate.
- Whatever his problem may be, he does not belong in a service occupation if he cannot act in a civil and courteous manner toward his guests.
- The point of being polite or civil to another human being is not to demonstrate superiority, it is to demonstrate respect.
- We're civil to each other, and we've worked together.
- On another note, I was reasonably civil to Dave today.
- I am so incredibly civil to him that people often take me to task for it.
- As for her acting civil to me in the textiles room, I must say, it was nicer than being insulted (which I'm sure she was extremely close to doing).
- The conversation points may have been slight in content, but there is something to be said for taking the time to be civil to people.
- And the whole point of the movie is to ‘not be so selfish,’ but nobody acts civil to each other until the final moments.
- I just wanted her to see me at the launch and maybe ponder that since she was going to keep running into me, it might pay to be civil to me.
- I think what happened last night is they were civil to one another.
- It is a place where people are rude and in a hurry and don't know how to be civil to one another.
- I'll be polite and civil to him, and I honestly don't think he wants anything more than that.
Synonyms
polite, courteous, well mannered, well bred, gentlemanly, chivalrous, gallant, ladylike, gracious, respectful
3(of time measurement or a point in time) fixed by custom or law rather than being natural or astronomical.
（时间度量，时间点）习俗规定的；历法规定的（而非自然的或天文的）
civil twilight starts at sunset
Example sentencesExamples
- The only constraint appears to be a moonless sky for a couple of hours before civil twilight.
- Because the calendar had to be changed regularly to keep the civil calendar in phase with the astronomical one, the parapegma had movable pegs which could be adjusted as necessary.
- It shows the bands of sunrise/set and civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight on a Mercator projection.
- A civil calendar of 365 days was created for recording dates.
- Later a more accurate value of 365 1/4 days was worked out for the length of the year but the civil calendar was never changed to take this into account.
- Now one might expect that this measurement of time would either give the number of ritual calendar years since creation or the number of civil calendar years since creation.
- The planetary day begins at sunrise and not at midnight as in the civil calendar.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin civilis, from civis ‘citizen’.

词汇	civil
释义	Definition of civil in English: civil adjective ˈsɪv(ə)lˈsɪv(ə)l 1attributive Relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns, as distinct from military or ecclesiastical matters. 公民的；市民的；国民的；民用的（区别于军事、宗教事务的） civil aviation 民用航空。 Example sentencesExamples A medieval town dominated by fantastic architecture, it is a gem with ancient streets and alleyways punctuated by beautiful civil and ecclesiastical buildings. The issue is no longer when civil unions will be recognized but what form they will take. The team is made up of about 60 military and civil affairs officers doing mostly humanitarian work. Ultimately questions of grace inform matters of polity, both civil and ecclesiastical. In a world where civil disobedience was treated with toleration, that might be a good strategy. Indeed, one civil engineer writing to the Irish Times this week expressed astonishment at the figure. In its most basic form, civil affairs operators are concerned with two missions that are opposite sides of a single coin. Just as in the great civil rights movement forty years ago, we shall overcome. Post-war expansion to meet military and civil aviation requirements brought further significant innovations, but at considerable cost. As civil society is steadily developing, some of its elements continue to affect foreign policy. The nation wasn't ready for a full civil rights movement. But the link between civil aviation deals and military follow-ups is well established. And it is re-establishing the groundwork for again rationalizing a role for the military in civil political affairs. Thus, the great civil rights movement of the 1950s and early 1960s developed independently of the labor movement. With the birth of civil and military aviation in the early 1900s, the focus of weather intelligence shifted from ballistics studies to aviation support. A graduate of four military and two civil universities he has risen through the ranks from the time he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in May 1976. In the course of that revolution, many things were done that would have been intolerable in the context of ordinary democratic politics and ordinary civil life. But while they inculcated the maxims of passive obedience, they refused to take any part in the civil administration or the military defense of the empire. Specific mission requirements also require the additional task organization of military police, civil affairs, and aviation assets. The second use of the Law concerns civil matters. Synonyms secular, non-religious, lay rare laic, laical non-military, civilian 1.1 (of conflict) occurring between citizens of the same country. （混乱，冲突）国内的，国民间的 civil strife Example sentencesExamples There are indications that a new civil unrest may break out. The diversity and fragmentation within ethnic groupings and the balance of tensions between those groups during the twentieth century prevented interethnic civil conflict. Smallholder farmers predominated in the 1960s and 1970s but declined as a result of civil conflict. They have also helped spur a quantum leap forward in assessing and quantifying the root causes and health consequences of war, disaster, and civil conflict. Amendments made to the Geneva Conventions in 1977 specified that prisoners taken in internal and civil conflicts must still be considered prisoners of war. It is the people who are the real attraction here: good-humoured and unintrusive, their nature seems much at odds with the ongoing civil conflict. A peaceful world is in the interests of all people, and a world torn by civil conflicts or wars over land, water, and wealth degrades the lives of all. The crisis raised the prospect of civil conflict. At least 35,000 people have died in the civil conflict over the past decade and the death toll from civil strife since 1948 is estimated at 300,000. But there is the possibility here of a civil war or some kind of civil conflict. There were territorial conflicts, wars, civil disputes, arguments and resentment. Those who call for an end to impunity view crimes committed in wars or civil conflicts in the same way as crimes committed by common criminals. His main concern is the problem of social and political order: how human beings can live together in peace and avoid the danger and fear of civil conflict. When Louis XIV began his personal rule in 1661 he envisioned restoring order to a society suffering from civil strife, international war, and periodic waves of disease and famine. More people die in wars and civil conflict every year than have died in the tsunami area. It is dedicated to helping women survivors of wars and civil strife and conflict to move from being victims to survivors to activists in their own communities. These treaties apply when the armed forces of sovereign nations engage in armed hostilities, and some sub-rules apply during civil conflicts. In other countries, the severity of the challenges has contributed to the outbreak of civil conflict and even to the collapse of the state itself. In the aftermath of disasters, public health services must address the effects of civil strife, armed conflict, population migration, economic collapse, and famine. The one certainty is that the 38-year civil conflict is about to enter its bloodiest phase to date. Synonyms internal, domestic, interior, home national, state, local 1.2Law Relating to private relations between members of a community; non-criminal. 〔律〕民事的；非刑事的 a civil action 民用航空。 a civil court Example sentencesExamples When the activities of a public body, or individual, are relevant to a private law dispute in civil proceedings, public law may in a similar way provide answers which are relevant to the resolution of the private law issue. A case can come in the ordinary criminal or civil jurisdiction and constitutional matters might arise. The January 2003 agreement was signed prior to the commencement of any civil proceedings. With no criminal proceedings pending in the case, the family instituted civil proceedings. The personal applicant was a defendant in civil penalty proceedings in the Supreme Court. 1.3Law Relating to civil law. 〔律〕与民法有关的 Example sentencesExamples The fact of the matter is that in Britain and in Ireland, our legal systems are based on a common law system, while in many continental countries it is based on a civil legal system. The Jordanian civil legal system has its foundations in the Code Napoléon, a French legal code. Quebec's case law differs from the rest of Canada in that it follows a civil rather than a common law system. Napoleon was a universalist who believed in a common civil code for all his conquered subjects. 2Courteous and polite. 客气的，有礼貌的 they were comparatively civil to their daughter 他们对自己女儿比较客气。 they try to work out their differences in a civil manner Example sentencesExamples The point of being polite or civil to another human being is not to demonstrate superiority, it is to demonstrate respect. Well I can't actually be civil to this programme so I won't elaborate. And the whole point of the movie is to ‘not be so selfish,’ but nobody acts civil to each other until the final moments. In other words, we need people to be civil to each other if social life is to function efficiently and with a minimum of unnecessary conflict and disruption. On another note, I was reasonably civil to Dave today. We're civil to each other, and we've worked together. I think what happened last night is they were civil to one another. If he could only be civil to me, that would be a thing. But there's no reason why his children and I should not be civil to each other. As for her acting civil to me in the textiles room, I must say, it was nicer than being insulted (which I'm sure she was extremely close to doing). I just wanted her to see me at the launch and maybe ponder that since she was going to keep running into me, it might pay to be civil to me. How is it possible to be civil to people who constantly are placing you under assault? Why are the British obsessed with tea and crumpets and being civil about things? All sides are remaining civil, which is a very good thing. I am so incredibly civil to him that people often take me to task for it. The conversation points may have been slight in content, but there is something to be said for taking the time to be civil to people. It is a place where people are rude and in a hurry and don't know how to be civil to one another. Whatever his problem may be, he does not belong in a service occupation if he cannot act in a civil and courteous manner toward his guests. I'll be polite and civil to him, and I honestly don't think he wants anything more than that. Nonetheless, he was quite empathetic and was still civil to me. Synonyms polite, courteous, well mannered, well bred, gentlemanly, chivalrous, gallant, ladylike, gracious, respectful refined, urbane, polished, cultured, cultivated, civilized, cordial, genial, pleasant, affable, obliging British informal decent dated mannerly 3(of time) fixed by custom or law rather than being natural or astronomical. （时间度量，时间点）习俗规定的；历法规定的（而非自然的或天文的） civil twilight 民用晨昏蠓影。 Example sentencesExamples Because the calendar had to be changed regularly to keep the civil calendar in phase with the astronomical one, the parapegma had movable pegs which could be adjusted as necessary. The planetary day begins at sunrise and not at midnight as in the civil calendar. The only constraint appears to be a moonless sky for a couple of hours before civil twilight. It shows the bands of sunrise/set and civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight on a Mercator projection. Later a more accurate value of 365 1/4 days was worked out for the length of the year but the civil calendar was never changed to take this into account. Now one might expect that this measurement of time would either give the number of ritual calendar years since creation or the number of civil calendar years since creation. A civil calendar of 365 days was created for recording dates. Derivatives civilly adverb ˈsɪvəliˈsɪvəli One of the gentry he used to ferry about, a decent cove who always treated him civilly, writes letters and the sentence is commuted to transportation. Example sentencesExamples And that doesn't go away because he settled civilly. Though we have profound differences, he is saying, we have to reason about them civilly instead of dismissing, insulting, and demonizing one another. It does not mean that a determination criminally, civilly, or canonically has been made regarding the truth or non-truth of the allegation. You are responsible civilly for that accident. Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin civilis, from civis 'citizen'. Rhymes drivel, shrivel, snivel, swivel Definition of civil in US English: civil adjectiveˈsɪv(ə)lˈsiv(ə)l 1attributive Relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns, as distinct from military or ecclesiastical matters. 公民的；市民的；国民的；民用的（区别于军事、宗教事务的） civil aviation 民用航空。 Example sentencesExamples With the birth of civil and military aviation in the early 1900s, the focus of weather intelligence shifted from ballistics studies to aviation support. A medieval town dominated by fantastic architecture, it is a gem with ancient streets and alleyways punctuated by beautiful civil and ecclesiastical buildings. As civil society is steadily developing, some of its elements continue to affect foreign policy. In the course of that revolution, many things were done that would have been intolerable in the context of ordinary democratic politics and ordinary civil life. Indeed, one civil engineer writing to the Irish Times this week expressed astonishment at the figure. Specific mission requirements also require the additional task organization of military police, civil affairs, and aviation assets. Just as in the great civil rights movement forty years ago, we shall overcome. The issue is no longer when civil unions will be recognized but what form they will take. Thus, the great civil rights movement of the 1950s and early 1960s developed independently of the labor movement. The second use of the Law concerns civil matters. But the link between civil aviation deals and military follow-ups is well established. In its most basic form, civil affairs operators are concerned with two missions that are opposite sides of a single coin. A graduate of four military and two civil universities he has risen through the ranks from the time he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in May 1976. The nation wasn't ready for a full civil rights movement. But while they inculcated the maxims of passive obedience, they refused to take any part in the civil administration or the military defense of the empire. In a world where civil disobedience was treated with toleration, that might be a good strategy. The team is made up of about 60 military and civil affairs officers doing mostly humanitarian work. And it is re-establishing the groundwork for again rationalizing a role for the military in civil political affairs. Post-war expansion to meet military and civil aviation requirements brought further significant innovations, but at considerable cost. Ultimately questions of grace inform matters of polity, both civil and ecclesiastical. Synonyms secular, non-religious, lay non-military, civilian 1.1 (of disorder or conflict) occurring between citizens of the same country. （混乱，冲突）国内的，国民间的 Example sentencesExamples More people die in wars and civil conflict every year than have died in the tsunami area. A peaceful world is in the interests of all people, and a world torn by civil conflicts or wars over land, water, and wealth degrades the lives of all. There are indications that a new civil unrest may break out. But there is the possibility here of a civil war or some kind of civil conflict. When Louis XIV began his personal rule in 1661 he envisioned restoring order to a society suffering from civil strife, international war, and periodic waves of disease and famine. It is the people who are the real attraction here: good-humoured and unintrusive, their nature seems much at odds with the ongoing civil conflict. The crisis raised the prospect of civil conflict. These treaties apply when the armed forces of sovereign nations engage in armed hostilities, and some sub-rules apply during civil conflicts. There were territorial conflicts, wars, civil disputes, arguments and resentment. They have also helped spur a quantum leap forward in assessing and quantifying the root causes and health consequences of war, disaster, and civil conflict. It is dedicated to helping women survivors of wars and civil strife and conflict to move from being victims to survivors to activists in their own communities. Those who call for an end to impunity view crimes committed in wars or civil conflicts in the same way as crimes committed by common criminals. Smallholder farmers predominated in the 1960s and 1970s but declined as a result of civil conflict. In the aftermath of disasters, public health services must address the effects of civil strife, armed conflict, population migration, economic collapse, and famine. The one certainty is that the 38-year civil conflict is about to enter its bloodiest phase to date. His main concern is the problem of social and political order: how human beings can live together in peace and avoid the danger and fear of civil conflict. Amendments made to the Geneva Conventions in 1977 specified that prisoners taken in internal and civil conflicts must still be considered prisoners of war. At least 35,000 people have died in the civil conflict over the past decade and the death toll from civil strife since 1948 is estimated at 300,000. The diversity and fragmentation within ethnic groupings and the balance of tensions between those groups during the twentieth century prevented interethnic civil conflict. In other countries, the severity of the challenges has contributed to the outbreak of civil conflict and even to the collapse of the state itself. Synonyms internal, domestic, interior, home 1.2Law Relating to private relations between members of a community; noncriminal. 〔律〕民事的；非刑事的 a civil action 民用航空。 Example sentencesExamples The personal applicant was a defendant in civil penalty proceedings in the Supreme Court. A case can come in the ordinary criminal or civil jurisdiction and constitutional matters might arise. The January 2003 agreement was signed prior to the commencement of any civil proceedings. With no criminal proceedings pending in the case, the family instituted civil proceedings. When the activities of a public body, or individual, are relevant to a private law dispute in civil proceedings, public law may in a similar way provide answers which are relevant to the resolution of the private law issue. 1.3Law Relating to civil law. 〔律〕与民法有关的 Example sentencesExamples The fact of the matter is that in Britain and in Ireland, our legal systems are based on a common law system, while in many continental countries it is based on a civil legal system. The Jordanian civil legal system has its foundations in the Code Napoléon, a French legal code. Napoleon was a universalist who believed in a common civil code for all his conquered subjects. Quebec's case law differs from the rest of Canada in that it follows a civil rather than a common law system. 2Courteous and polite. 客气的，有礼貌的 we tried to be civil to him Example sentencesExamples All sides are remaining civil, which is a very good thing. If he could only be civil to me, that would be a thing. Nonetheless, he was quite empathetic and was still civil to me. How is it possible to be civil to people who constantly are placing you under assault? But there's no reason why his children and I should not be civil to each other. In other words, we need people to be civil to each other if social life is to function efficiently and with a minimum of unnecessary conflict and disruption. Why are the British obsessed with tea and crumpets and being civil about things? Well I can't actually be civil to this programme so I won't elaborate. Whatever his problem may be, he does not belong in a service occupation if he cannot act in a civil and courteous manner toward his guests. The point of being polite or civil to another human being is not to demonstrate superiority, it is to demonstrate respect. We're civil to each other, and we've worked together. On another note, I was reasonably civil to Dave today. I am so incredibly civil to him that people often take me to task for it. As for her acting civil to me in the textiles room, I must say, it was nicer than being insulted (which I'm sure she was extremely close to doing). The conversation points may have been slight in content, but there is something to be said for taking the time to be civil to people. And the whole point of the movie is to ‘not be so selfish,’ but nobody acts civil to each other until the final moments. I just wanted her to see me at the launch and maybe ponder that since she was going to keep running into me, it might pay to be civil to me. I think what happened last night is they were civil to one another. It is a place where people are rude and in a hurry and don't know how to be civil to one another. I'll be polite and civil to him, and I honestly don't think he wants anything more than that. Synonyms polite, courteous, well mannered, well bred, gentlemanly, chivalrous, gallant, ladylike, gracious, respectful 3(of time measurement or a point in time) fixed by custom or law rather than being natural or astronomical. （时间度量，时间点）习俗规定的；历法规定的（而非自然的或天文的） civil twilight starts at sunset Example sentencesExamples The only constraint appears to be a moonless sky for a couple of hours before civil twilight. Because the calendar had to be changed regularly to keep the civil calendar in phase with the astronomical one, the parapegma had movable pegs which could be adjusted as necessary. It shows the bands of sunrise/set and civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight on a Mercator projection. A civil calendar of 365 days was created for recording dates. Later a more accurate value of 365 1/4 days was worked out for the length of the year but the civil calendar was never changed to take this into account. Now one might expect that this measurement of time would either give the number of ritual calendar years since creation or the number of civil calendar years since creation. The planetary day begins at sunrise and not at midnight as in the civil calendar. Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin civilis, from civis ‘citizen’.
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