| 单词 | corporation spirit |
| 释义 | > as lemmascorporation spirit corporation spirit n. the ethos of a body corporate regarded as a norm to which its members are required to conform, esp. in seeking to further the economic and political interests of the group to the detriment of outsiders.In early use chiefly in a negative sense with reference to the anti-competitive economic practices of trade corporations. ΚΠ 1762 A. Ramsay Ess. Naturalization Foreigners i. 9 in Investigator ii, This exclusive, this persecuting, this corporation spirit seized with great violence upon the English footmen, and gave a beginning to a sort of bellum servile, in the very heart of this great metropolis. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. 187 Even where they [sc. trades in towns] have never been incorporated, yet the corporation spirit, the jealousy of Strangers, the aversion to take apprentices, or to communicate the secret of their trade, generally prevail in them. 1845 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 195 All bodies have their esprit du corps; and woe to the member of a corporation who lacks the corporation spirit! He loses caste at once. 1988 Financial Times 31 Oct. (West Germany Supplement) xii/6 The corporation spirit extends into the inner circles of Mr Kohl's Government. < as lemmas |
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