ethic

noun

OPAL W

/ˈeθɪk/

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ethics
[plural] moral principles that control or influence a person’s behaviour
- professional/business/medical ethics
- to draw up a code of ethics
- He began to question the ethics of his position.
Topics Personal qualitiesb2
[singular] a system of moral principles or rules of behaviour
- The ethic of personal achievement is very strong in western societies.
see also Protestant ethic, work ethic
ethics
[uncountable] the branch of philosophy that deals with moral principles

Word Originlate Middle English (denoting ethics or moral philosophy; also used attributively): from Old French éthique, from Latin ethice, from Greek (hē) ēthikē (tekhnē) ‘(the science of) morals’, based on ēthos ‘nature, disposition’, (plural) ‘customs’.

单词	ethic
释义	ethic noun OPAL W /ˈeθɪk/ /ˈeθɪk/ jump to other results ethics [plural] moral principles that control or influence a person’s behaviour professional/business/medical ethics to draw up a code of ethics He began to question the ethics of his position. Topics Personal qualitiesb2 [singular] a system of moral principles or rules of behaviour The ethic of personal achievement is very strong in western societies. see also Protestant ethic, work ethic ethics [uncountable] the branch of philosophy that deals with moral principles Word Originlate Middle English (denoting ethics or moral philosophy; also used attributively): from Old French éthique, from Latin ethice, from Greek (hē) ēthikē (tekhnē) ‘(the science of) morals’, based on ēthos ‘nature, disposition’, (plural) ‘customs’.
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