civilized

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civ·i·lized (also civilised British English) /ˈsɪvəl-aɪzd/ adjectiveadj

1 SOCIETYa civilized society is well organized and developed, and has fair laws and customs 开化的，文明的 → civilization

Such things should not happen in a civilized society.

文明社会不应该有这种事情发生。

2 COMFORTABLEpleasant and comfortable 令人愉快的，舒适宜人的 → civilized

‘This is very civilized, ’ she said, lying back with a gin and tonic.

“真是非常舒服啊。”她拿着一杯加了奎宁水的杜松子酒仰靠着说道。

3 POLITEbehaving in a polite sensible way instead of getting angry 心平气和的；有礼貌的

Let’s try and be civilized about this, shall we?

我们尽量心平气和地对待这件事，好吗？

4 a civilized hour a time that is not too early in the morning 上午不太早的时候

Can’t we have the meeting at a more civilized hour?

我们就不能上午稍微晚点开会吗？

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a civilized hour• Can't we have the meeting at a more civilized hour?

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civilized• In Vienna the pace of life was more civilized.• Not that they needed a fire, it was just that a fire was more civilized.• Even very conservative commentators can regard the conditions within some prisons as morally intolerable to a civilized community.• The Yosemite hotels are too civilized for Stacey's taste; she prefers sleeping in a tent.• I tried talking to her in a civilized manner, but she refused to listen.• Care for the disabled, old, and sick is essential in a civilized society.• To do otherwise would have been tantamount to branding yourself an obscene, inhuman monster, an outcast from civilized society.• In their presence, the audience could feel its civilized surface annulled and replaced by a consoling sense of unity with nature.• The only problem was how to set them loose in a manner not too blatantly contravening all the rules of civilized warfare.

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