英语词典 · 单词释义
ethical
英 ['eθɪk(ə)l] 美 ['ɛθɪkl]
这里集中整理“ethical”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
单词速览
词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- adj. *的；道德的；凭处方出售的
- n. 处方药
延伸内容
词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
副词: ethically;
助记提示
1. eth- + -ical.
英文词源
- ethical
- ethical: [17] The underlying meaning of Greek ēthos was ‘personal disposition’. It came ultimately from prehistoric Indo-European *swedh-, a compound formed from the reflexive pronoun *swe- ‘oneself’ and dhē- ‘put’ (from which English gets do). Gradually the meaning broadened out to ‘trait, character’ and then ‘custom’, or in the plural ‘manners’ or ‘morals’.
English acquired it, in the sense ‘distinctive characteristic’ (based on the usage of Aristotle), in the 19th century. The Greek derived adjective ēthikós entered English, via Latin ēthicus, as ethic in the 16th century. This had largely been replaced by ethical by the end of the 17th century, but it has survived as a noun (as in ‘the work ethic’), which actually predates the adjective in English by about two hundred years.
The plural usage ethics ‘science of morals’ dates from the beginning of the 17th century.
=> do - ethical (adj.)
- c. 1600, "pertaining to morality," from ethic + -al (1). Related: Ethicality; ethically.
双语例句
- 1. The prime minister has a blind spot on ethical issues.
- 这位首相无视道德问题。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. My involvement has not been altogether, shall we say, ethical.
- 可以说，我的参与还不是完全合乎道德。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The consultancy offers advice on ethical tax-shelters.
- 这家咨询公司教人如何合理避税。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.
- 那是一场引发强烈的*道德争论的辩论.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. I thought it was not ethical.
- 我认为那是不合乎道德的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
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