| 单词 | in code |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin code Phrases P1. With of, forming noun phrases. a. code of honour n. any (unwritten) set of rules, customs, or principles regulating the behaviour of a particular group of people; cf. honour n. 2a, honour code n. 1. [Probably after French code d'honneur (1752 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > set of usagec1405 code of honour1771 code of conduct1814 honour code1845 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 158 It looks like compounding a sort of felony in the code of honour. 1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton (1878) xviii. 126 They know how imperative is the code of honour as regards a bet. 1887 T. Fowler Princ. Morals ii. iv Similarly, lawyers, doctors, clergymen, bankers are said to have a code of honour, or, what amounts to the same thing, to observe certain rules of professional etiquette. 1903 School Jrnl. 5 Sept. 194/2 The chief maxim of the recognized schoolboy code of honour—that one boy must not tell anything against another. 1999 S. Heaney in tr. Beowulf (2000) Introd. p. xi A pagan Germanic society governed by a heroic code of honour. 2018 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 13 Feb. (Life section) Martial arts exponents travel China trading blows, teaching skills and upholding a strict code of honour. b. code of practice n. a set of rules or guidelines that sets out agreed standards of behaviour or proper practices for a particular profession or business; cf. best practice n. at best adj., n.1, and adv. Compounds 2a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > regulation > a regulation or rule > body or system of disciplinea1393 formulary?1541 code1548 codex1577 rationale1580 disciplizationa1706 regimen1751 code of practice1783 1783 London Chron. 26–29 July 102/3 They are to meet again..in order to consider of a code of practice to be adopted in the several Courts. 1862 Amer. Law Reg. 10 248 The late English statutes, called the Common Law Procedure Acts, are well worthy of imitation upon this side of the Atlantic. In some respects, our codes of practice, and the consolidation of the different forms of action, have been far more radical than the English reforms. 1975 Times 2 Dec. 16/5 The hotel industry was warned that unless it agreed voluntarily to display prices to accord with an established code of practice, legal enforcement was likely. 2014 Sci. Amer. Apr. 8/2 In the absence of regulation, there have been some attempts to generate an industry code of practice for location-technology companies. c. code of conduct n. a set of principles; a (notional) set of rules and guidelines which outline the responsibilities of, or agreed standards of behaviour for, an individual or organization. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > set of usagec1405 code of honour1771 code of conduct1814 honour code1845 1814 Monthly Rev. Oct. 161 Maxims which fail on trial are suffered to expire; and those which stand their ground are taught to grand-children as a treasury of wisdom. Tradition preserves awhile these efforts to generalize experience; and at length they are collected into a code of conduct by some judicious gnomologist. 1889 Nottingham Evening Post 9 Oct. 4/7 All carry out a strict code of honorable conduct... Not only collectively as a club, but as individuals, let this same strict code of conduct guide you. 2012 Independent 29 Nov. 31/1 So-called..‘street fund-raisers’ are seen by many as the scourge of the high street, but a new code of conduct may see shoppers across Britain breathe a sigh of relief as it sets out to curb aggressive money collecting which has plagued the practice. d. code of silence n. any (unwritten) rule, custom, or principle which involves a refusal to talk openly about something (typically clandestine or criminal activity), esp. as observed within a particular group or organization. ΚΠ 1892 Monthly Packet Dec. 261 Your code of silence has given us all a miserable week. You should have told papa, Pat; he would have set it straight. 1938 U.S.A. before Securities & Exchange Comm. in Matter R. Whitney & Company I. 181 There was recurring evidence as to the existence of an unwritten code of silence in Stock Exchange circles which in practical effect prohibited a member from revealing that he had loaned money to a fellow member. 1977 Time (Atlantic ed.) 12 Sept. 43/1 The protection program was formally established after passage of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 to hasten the breakdown of omertà, the underworld code of silence. 2011 J. R. Baker & S. J. Rivele Vice iii. 33 ‘Maybe you see something that isn't exactly department procedure... You keep your mouth shut about that.’ It was my introduction to the cops' code of silence, which, though unwritten, was ironclad. P2. in code. a. In a system of communication in which each letter (or group of letters) in a written message is systematically substituted by another, or by a symbol, to enable transmission, esp. in electrical telegraphy, cryptography, etc., or in any system of communication in which information is conveyed concisely according to a set of previously agreed correspondences between words, symbols, sequences of numbers, signals, actions, etc., and the words, or meaning to be understood. Cf. sense 4a, 4b. ΚΠ 1859 Contracts for Electric Telegraphs 2 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. 98) X. 1 The Rates to be charged for the Transmission of Messages in Code or Cypher..shall be higher. 1870 Corr. between N.Y., Newfoundland & London Telegr. Company & Internat. Ocean Telegr. Company 5 Double rates must be charged for all Government messages written in code or cypher. 1932 D. L. Sayers Have his Carcase xxviii. 368 The letter E appears both in code and clear. 1946 I. F. Stone Underground to Palestine 128 Anyone could see that a flashlight was signaling in code and being answered from a big boat off shore. 2000 Oldie Dec. 57/2 Since humans began writing, they have also been communicating in code. b. In an indirect and often deliberately euphemistic way. Cf. sense 5a. ΚΠ 1929 Amer. Speech 5 45 These jargons all have the same purpose: to exclude the uninitiate, and to provide a simple means for the exchange of ideas among the members of the craft. Craft slang is speaking in code. 1968 J. Didion Slouching towards Bethlehem ii. 165 When we talk about sale-leasebacks and right-of-way condemnations we are talking in code about the things we like best, the yellow fields and the cottonwoods and the rivers rising and falling. 1990 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 14 June (Late ed.) 75 The real meaning of an obit is often expressed in code: a man with a bold vision for Australia—means he had a lot of crackpot ideas. 2012 E. Giffen Where we Belong xiv. 174 ‘I think he's using those discussions to justify his inability to take the next step.’ ‘Christ. Wait. Back up and stop speaking in code,’ Jess says. ‘What's going on?’ P3. Originally North American. (up) to code: in line with the relevant rules or regulations; to or at the standard specified by law.Originally and chiefly with reference to building standards and related safety regulations. ΚΠ 1923 Medina (Ohio) Sentinel 15 Mar. 4/3 Build an addition at the rear of the present building and bring it up to code. 1985 N.Y. Times 3 Nov. viii. 45/2 (advt.) Warehousing... Lighted, Air Conditioned, All to Code. 2018 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 28 July The RSE visa bonds workers to one employer, which is subject to government inspection of any part of their RSE responsibilities. Fines can be imposed for not being up to code. < as lemmas |
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