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1. eth- + -ical.
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词族 · ethical
派生词
英语词源
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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 This had largely been replaced by ethical by the end of the 17th century, but it has survived as a noun (as in ‘the work ethic’), which actually predates the adjective in English by about two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.
权威例句
- 1. The prime minister has a blind spot on ethical issues.
- 这位首相无视道德问题。
- 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。
- 3. The consultancy offers advice on ethical tax-shelters.
- 这家咨询公司教人如何合理避税。
- 4. It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.
- 那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论.
- 5. I thought it was not ethical.
- 我认为那是不合乎道德的.