| 单词 | enlightened |
| 释义 | enlightened (ɪnlaɪtənd ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe someone or their attitudes as enlightened, you mean that they have sensible, modern attitudes and ways of dealing with things. [approval] Enlightened companies include their human resources in their estimation of the firm's worth. ...an enlightened policy. Synonyms: informed, aware, liberal, reasonable Collocations: enlightened age In this enlightened age we do not buy our views on social issues as a package: thinking people consider each issue carefully on its merits. Times, Sunday Times No man in this enlightened age asks a father for permission before proposing to his daughter, right? Times, Sunday Times I was truly surprised by this, especially in this so-called enlightened age. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Such an enlightened approach is a benefit to the nation and to the teachers themselves. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It is a more enlightened approach - and more successful. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Such an enlightened approach would work. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Government can learn from its enlightened approach. Times, Sunday Times (2015) We will lose them to countries that take a more enlightened attitude to globalisation and its challenges. Times, Sunday Times (2008) A significant part of any humane justice system in a liberal society is rehabilitation and cricket can be proud in this instance of its enlightened attitude. Times, Sunday Times (2016) She credits her employer's enlightened attitude to flexible working as a factor in her success. Times, Sunday Times (2013) In the meantime, enlightened employers have spent much of the past 20 years adapting to, and sometimes leading, the evolution of acceptable workplace mores. Times, Sunday Times It's dependent on both parents and the support of enlightened employers. Times, Sunday Times Enlightened employers cannot do all the hard work. Times, Sunday Times Its education ministry has introduced the enlightened policy that its schools must teach all world religions equally. Times, Sunday Times This radiography department has the enlightened policy of allowing patients to listen to their own choice of music while they are being microwaved. Times, Sunday Times The artworks were built as a result of an enlightened policy in which a percentage of the budget for all new developments had to be devoted to public art. Times, Sunday Times An informed citizenry produces enlightened policies that benefit people generally. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The capitol, the metropole, was the source of ostensibly enlightened policies imposed throughout the distant colonies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nothing more than a case of enlightened self-interest, it would seem. Times, Sunday Times Surely, though, it was a case of enlightened self-interest. The Times Literary Supplement They must decide whether to vote out of a sense of duty to the past or out of enlightened self-interest. Times, Sunday Times I've tried to find a balance between integrity and enlightened self-interest. Times, Sunday Times Nearly all the kind things people do in the world are done in the name of enlightened self-interest. Times, Sunday Times But we must pay attention if we claim to be an enlightened society. Times, Sunday Times So the individual or society should exercise self-restrain to achieve social peace, security and an enlightened society. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The members often included dissenting teachers and theologians striving to create a more progressive, humanitarian, and enlightened society. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In this role he pursued a communitarian socialist policy, aiming for a more unified and enlightened society by the means of a strong government. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We think we have done our best to reach an enlightened view of the world and it can be annoying to have our heroes and values questioned. Times, Sunday Times Happily, we have a more enlightened view of such matters nowadays. Times, Sunday Times He established a treatment program in the state and was an effective spokesman for a more enlightened view of the role of alcohol in society. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the notes to his poems he expresses enlightened views on popular education, the criminal law and other public questions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These writings, mainly collections of articles and lectures intended for the general public, display enlightened views and wide information. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 开明的 Japanese: 賢明な |
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