civil

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

civil UK US [ˈsɪv. ə l] adjective
 
ORDINARY

1. <A > before noun not military or religious, or relating to the ordinary people of a country
• Helicopters are mainly used for military rather than civil use.
• After ten years of military dictatorship, the country now has a civil government.
• We weren't married in church, but we had a civil ceremony in a registry office.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Ordinary people
 
• He brought civil proceedings against the police for false imprisonment.
• Twenty years of civil strife have left the country's economy in ruins.
• He pursued his claim through the civil courts.
• They married in a civil ceremony.
• The equipment was all for civil use.
 
LAW
UK
2. before noun legal relating to private arguments between people or organizations rather than criminal matters
• The matter would be better dealt with in the civil court rather than by an expensive criminal proceeding.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Rules and laws
 
POLITE
3. polite and formal
• His manner was civil, though not particularly friendly.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Polite and respectful
Idioms: Keep a civil tongue in your head! ▪ not have a civil word to say about somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  civic, polite
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  sidereal, uncivil, rude