| 单词 | ethic |
| 释义 | ethic (once / 308 pages) n An ethic is framework, or guiding principle, and it's often moral. People with a strong work ethic believe that hard work is a good thing in and of itself. A social ethic might include "treating people as you want to be treated." Used in the plural, ethics refers to the moral rules that you live by. You can use it generally, as in: "my ethics don’t include cheating." Or you can use it specifically, as in: "Slander and the running of negative ads do not seem to contradict the senator’s political ethics." WORD FAMILYethic: ethics+/ethical: ethically, unethical/ethicism: ethicist/ethicist: ethicists/ethics: ethical, ethicism/unethical: unethically USAGE EXAMPLES"Evidently, ethics are the first casualty of the new Republican Congress," Pelosi said in a statement. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) “Evidently, ethics are the first casualty of the new Republican Congress.” The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Beyond education efforts, Brewer created by executive order the first state Ethics Commission. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group the Puritan ethic Syn|Hypo|Hyper moral principle, value orientation, value-system Chartism the principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people principle a rule or standard especially of good behavior 2n a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct Syn|Hypo|Hyper ethical code double standard an ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another double standard of sexual behaviora code that permits greater sexual freedom for men than for women (associated with the subordination of women) system, system of rules a complex of methods or rules governing behavior |
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