civic
adjective /ˈsɪvɪk/
/ˈsɪvɪk/
[usually before noun]- officially connected with a town or city
市政的；城市的；城镇的 - civic buildings/leaders
市政建筑物／领导人
- civic buildings/leaders
- connected with the people who live in a town or city
市民的；城镇居民的 - a sense of civic pride (= pride that people feel for their town or city)
作为某市市民的自豪感 - civic duties/responsibilities
市民的义务／职责 - The competition would be an opportunity to foster civic pride.
这次比赛将是培养市民自豪感的好机会。 - Voting should be a matter of civic duty.
选举应该是市民的义务。
- a sense of civic pride (= pride that people feel for their town or city)
词源mid 16th cent.: from French civique or Latin civicus, from civis ‘citizen’. The original use was in civic garland, crown, etc., translating Latin corona civica, denoting a garland of oak leaves and acorns given in ancient Rome to a person who saved a fellow citizen's life.