ethos
英 ['i?θ?s]
美['iθɑs]
- n. 民族精神；氣質；社會思潮
TEM8GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯
中文詞源
ethos 道德觀
詞源同ethnic,民族的，種族的。引申詞義族群的習慣，行為，舉止，進一步引申為約束行為的道德觀，道德評判標準。
英文詞源
- ethos (n.)
- "the 'genius' of a people, characteristic spirit of a time and place," 1851 (Palgrave) from Greek ethos "habitual character and disposition; moral character; habit, custom; an accustomed place," in plural, "manners," from suffixed form of PIE root *s(w)e- third person pronoun and reflexive (see idiom). An important concept in Aristotle (as in "Rhetoric" II xii-xiv).
雙語例句
- 1. an ethos of public service
- 公益服務的意識
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. They were as far removed from the ethos of terrorism as you could imagine.
- 他們絲毫不受恐怖主義思潮的影響,這你可以想像到的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The path he saw himself taking in his research seemed directly opposed to the ethos of the department.
- 他發現自己的研究路線似乎與系里的精神截然不同.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The whole ethos of the hotel is effortless service.
- 該酒店的全部理念就是提供輕松的服務。
來自辭典例句
- 5. His book captures exactly the ethos of Elizabethan England.
- 他的書準確地描繪了英國伊麗莎白時代的風土人情.
來自辭典例句