civilian

Compared meaning: not military, relating to ordinary citizens (adjective).

比较义项：非军事的、与普通公民或政府机构相关的（形容词）。

• civil

  Civil typically comes before abstract nouns such as service, rights, or aviation, meaning relating to ordinary citizens or civilian authority, as opposed to military or religious institutions; it rarely describes a person directly.

  civil 通常出现在 service（部门）、rights（权利）、aviation（航空）等抽象名词之前，表示与普通公民或政府机构有关，而非军事或宗教机构；它很少直接用来描述某个人。

  She has worked in the civil service for over twenty years.

  她在公务员部门工作了二十多年。

• civilian 本词

  Civilian describes a person (a civilian) or things belonging to non-military people, such as clothes, life, or casualties; it directly labels a person's status, unlike civil.

  civilian 用于描述某个人（a civilian，平民）或属于非军人的事物，如衣物、生活或伤亡人员；它直接标明一个人的身份，这一点与 civil 不同。

  After the war, he swapped his uniform for civilian clothes.

  战争结束后，他脱下军装换上了便装。

Civil and civilian both mean not military. Civil usually comes before abstract nouns like service, rights, or aviation, meaning relating to citizens or civilian authority. Civilian describes a person, or things belonging to ordinary people, like clothes or life, and directly labels a person's status.

civil 和 civilian 在这个义项上都表示“与军事无关”，但用法不同：civil 常搭配 service、rights、aviation 等抽象名词，指与公民或政府机构相关的事务；civilian 常指人本身（a civilian）或属于普通人的事物，如衣物、生活。这里不比较 civil 的其他义项，如“礼貌的”或法律上的“民事的”。