Civil

(adj.) of or in a condition of social order; 'civil peoples' .

(adj.) not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others; 'even if he didn't like them he should have been civil'- W.S. Maugham .

(adj.) (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life; 'the civil calendar'; 'a civil day begins at mean midnight' .

(adj.) applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military; 'civil authorities' .

(adj.) of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals; 'civil rights'; 'civil liberty'; 'civic duties'; 'civic pride' .

(adj.) of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state; 'civil affairs'; 'civil strife'; 'civil disobedience'; 'civil branches of government' .

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• To my inexperience we at first appeared on the eve of a civil war; each party was violent, acrimonious, and unyielding. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The stranger insisted on making Mr. Godfrey precede him; Mr. Godfrey said a few civil words; they bowed, and parted in the street. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I made the first civil excuse that occurred to me for leaving Mr. Gilmore, and returned at once to the house. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• But, he, Pablo, blinded the _guardia civil_ who was wounded, the gypsy insisted. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Elinor made her a civil reply, and they walked on for a few minutes in silence. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• The acquisition of valuable and extensive property, therefore, necessarily requires the establishment of civil government. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• There, you are less than civil now; and I like rudeness a great deal better than flattery. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Pray do everything on my behalf that is civil to Mr and Mrs Gowan, for we will--ha--we will certainly notice them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I had assured myself that the man was sober as well as civil before I let her enter the vehicle. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• That is all very proper and civil, I am sure, said Mrs. Bennet, and I dare say she is a very agreeable woman. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Law,' replied Mr. Grummer--'Law, civil power, and exekative; them's my titles; here's my authority. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• However, private individuals and companies continued to invent and improve, and the civil war in America revolutionised the systems of warfare and its weapons. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• To obey the civil magistrate is requisite to preserve order and concord in society. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• It signifies, he intimated, bloodshed and civil conflict. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Pull it farther back and let it snap lightly forward,' the _civil_ said, and I have never heard such a tone of voice. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Elizabeth disdained the appearance of noticing this civil reflection, but its meaning did not escape, nor was it likely to conciliate her. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• We killed a pair of _guardia civil_, he said, explaining the military saddles. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• She was always a very affable and free-spoken young lady, and very civil behaved. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• But there's one thing you might do for me; and that is, just to be a little civil to Rosedale. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• It was this weapon which in the Civil War gave proof of the deadly efficacy of the breech-loading magazine gun, and its superiority to the old style military arm. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• But the Stamp Act affair was only one eddy in a turbulent stream flowing towards civil war. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She was civil, kind, attentive even to her cousins; but still she usually had little to say to them. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The young man was civil and humble, and kept a proper distance; and was rather a bore. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The submarine next came into practical view during the American Civil War, when the Confederate government built several such vessels, known usually as Davids from their inventor. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• That would, indeed, be a civil war of the worst description: we should rather, through the instrumentality of men of science, soften the asper ities of national hostility. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• For myself, my Canterbury Pilgrimage has done much; imprisonment on civil process, and want, will soon do more. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Though the object of our civil duties be the enforcing of our natural, yet the first [First in time, not in dignity or force. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• I myself had felt much emotion at the shooting of the _guardia civil_ by Pablo, Pilar said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• They sought (hating war as most of them did) to establish a universal culture, or, as they phrased it, a constant intelligence throughout all civil nations. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Some of the European troops committed grave atrocities upon the Chinese civil population. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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