attrib.
1- of or relating to a city or town, especially its administration; municipal城镇的, 市政的, 市府的：
civic and business leaders.
市政及商界要人（领袖）。
1.1
- of or relating to the duties or activities of people in relation to their town, city, or local area（义务, 活动）（与）市民（有关）的; （与）本镇居民（有关）的; （与）当地居民（有关）的：
he was active in the civic life of Swindon.
他在斯温顿的市民生活中曾是个活跃人物。
- informal (in South Africa) an elected, community-based body concerned with local government in a black township〈非正式〉（南非）黑人居住区内, 与当地政府有关、经选举设在社区的机构。
派生词
civically
adverb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.