| 单词 | work ethic |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswork ethic work ethic n. the attitude or principle that hard work is intrinsically virtuous, a belief in the value of hard work; (also more generally, chiefly with modifying adjective) a particular attitude towards work or the workplace.Usually connected with the view that to be successful through hard work is a person's moral duty, and deriving from Max Weber's thesis on the Protestant origins of modern capitalism (cf. Protestant work ethic n. at Protestant n. and adj. Compounds).In quot. 1945 as a mass noun. [Probably after German Arbeitsethik (1906 or earlier), often attributed to M. Weber, who described the concept in 1905, but apparently did not use the term.] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > [noun] > work ethic Puritan ethic1903 work ethic1945 1945 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 10 204/1 The need for well-developed work ethic. 1959 Past & Present Apr. 44 Weber also asserted that Calvinistic Protestantism was an indispensable precondition of the development of a capitalistic work ethic. 1975 N.Y. Times 13 Apr. ix. 10/9 (advt.) Good work ethic valued and rewarded by generous salary. 1980 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts July 468/1 They are showing the way which we should follow—if only we were not ‘locked on to’ some puritanical work ethic. 2001 W. C. Clemens Baltic Transformed ix. 177 Many lacked enterprise and showed a poor work ethic. 2012 Men's Health Apr. 60/3 I owe a lot to my mum in terms of my work ethic. < as lemmas |
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