civic/civil
这两个词都与city（城市）有关。城市包括“市”和“民”。Civil突出“（市）民”，civic强调“（城）市”。因此，civil的含义为：“国民的；平民的；民事的”，civic为“市政的；城市的”。
Finally, in a world where architecture, food, language, fashion and commerce are increasingly globalized, a city’s native flora and launa constitute a kind of civic identity.最后，在一个建筑、食物、语言、时尚和商业都日益全球化的世界，一个城市原生的动植物可以作为一种城市身份的标志。
The country is locked in fitful civic unrest.这个国家陷于了阵发性的骚乱。
One would expect that the rich 1% would have a vested interest in keeping the civic (of a city) healthy at least.你可能认为，保持城市机体健康符合占市民1%的富人的既得利益。
In some cities around the world, immigrants are relegated to being a worker class, or a guest-worker class; they’re not invited to the civic table.世界上有些城市，把移民归于工人或外来劳工阶层，并没有把他们看作城市的一份子。