| 词组 | ethic - ethics - ethical |
| 释义 | ethic - ethics - ethical ◊ 'ethic' A particular ethic is an idea or moral belief that influences the behaviour and attitudes of a group of people. ...the American 'frontier' ethic of expansion and opportunity. ...the Protestant work ethic. ◊ 'ethics' Ethics are moral beliefs and rules about right and wrong. When you use ethics with this meaning, it is a plural noun. You use a plural form of a verb with it. The basic ethics which any religion sets forward are more or less the same as those of any other religion. Ethics is also the study of questions about what is morally right or wrong. When ethics has this meaning, it is an uncount noun. You use a singular form of a verb with it. We are only too ready to believe that ethics is a field where thinking does no good. ◊ 'ethical' Ethic is never used as an adjective. The adjective that means 'relating to ethics' is ethical. ...an ethical problem. He had no real ethical objection to drinking. |
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