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单词 honour system
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Definition of honour system in English:

honour system

nounˈɒnə sɪstəm
  • A system of payment or examinations which relies solely on the honesty of those concerned.

    most hotel minibars have worked on an honour system
    Example sentencesExamples
    • And then you pay them a cut of your winnings, apparently on the honor system.
    • ‘We intend to go on the honor system,’ said Principal Calvin Johnson.
    • The honour system proved sufficient among honorable people.
    • So we designed a computerised timesheet honour system that gives employees full control over their own time.
    • Their vegetable stand operates on the honor system.
    • There's only one catch: all this is on the honor system.
    • Naturally trustful people must never be given a good reason to become cynical, for cynicism is the enemy of every honor system.
    • There might come a day when the honor system is a strong enough code to let people like Juliana offer her songs on the web without the force of law or the sting of theft.
    • The patient is asked to start bringing $1 to $2 per paycheck to the pharmacy on an honor system until the cost of the medicine has been repaid.
    • The fact is that Medicare was basically an honor system that didn't work because the rules were dishonored by too many dishonorable people.
    • Tickets are not collected; this is an honor system similar to that found on many light rail routes.
    • Working on the honor system, users who post ads agree to donate anything from 1% to 100% of the sale to the Falmouth Education Foundation.
    • While privileges can be suspended if this policy is violated, the system operates mostly under the honor system.
    • And then even here the rule is enforced by what might best be termed the honor system.
    • Guests dine and rub shoulders with working coffee farmers and, in an affirming testament to the honor system, are asked to log their own charges on a communal notepad.
    • Our honor system routinely rewards cheaters and punishes honesty.
    • The honour system has worked well - it raises around $30,000 a year.
    • ‘Because it's an honor system, fraud certainly exists,’ he said.
    • How many people do you trust indefinitely, in a world with no police, no laws, no jails, virtual doomsday devices everywhere, in an honour system based on etiquette?
    • During club matches or practice play, decisions are left up to the honor system.
 
 
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