late 14c., ethik "study of morals," from Old French etique "ethics, moral philosophy" (13c.), from Late Latin ethica, from Greek ethike philosophia "moral philosophy," fem. of ethikos "ethical," from ethos "moral character," related to ethos "custom" (see ethos). Meaning "moral principles of a person or group" is attested from 1650s.
雙語例句
1. Out of Puritanism came the intense work ethic.
嚴(yán)格的職業(yè)道德源于清教主義。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Will severe selection standards create elitism and threaten the Olympic ethic of participation?