a.

1. 市民的，国民的，公民的；民用的[Z][B]
   Martin Luther King was the leader of the civil rights movement.

   马丁·路德·金是民权运动的领袖。

2. 一般平民的，民间的；文职的；世俗的[Z][B]
   It might be long before civil government would be re-established.

   重建文官政府也许要等很长时间。

3. 【律】民事的；法定的[Z][B]
   It was a civil case so there was no question of him being sent to prison.

   这是一宗民事案件，所以不存在判他监禁的问题。

4. 彬彬有礼的，客气的；文明的
   It's civil of you to say so.

   你这样说是很有礼貌的。

5. 国内的[Z][B]
   Patriotic soldiers appealed for the prevention of a civil war.

   爱国的士兵呼吁防止发生内战。

adj.

1. relating to ordinary citizens, as distinct from military or ecclesiastical matters.
2. Law  non-criminal:
   a civil court.
3. courteous and polite.
4. (of time measurement) fixed by custom or law, not natural or astronomical.