| 单词 | family values |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfamily values family values n. values attributed to or derived from family life; spec. values allegedly learnt or reinforced within a traditional, close family unit, and typically relating to moral standards and discipline (in this sense, frequently associated with a conservative political position seeking to defend such values from attack or erosion). ΘΚΠ society > morality > [noun] > moral habits or conduct moralsa1625 morale1752 family values1912 1912 M. B. Borthwick tr. E. Key Woman Movement vii. 184 He must for the sake of his work renounce many family values [Sw. hemvärden] important for this emotional side of his being. 1928 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 38 347 Such disintegration of the large-family system does not mean the destruction of the old family values. 1966 A. M. Greeley & P. H. Rossi Educ. Catholic Amer. iii. 69 Marriage and family values do show some relationship with Catholic education. 1993 New Republic 16 Aug. 13/2 Bauer and Buchanan view ‘family values’ in the Reaganite way: as a chance to assert themselves as the moral guardians of the past, a world of two-parent families and heterosexuality. 2008 J. Burchill & C. Newkey-Burden Not in my Name p. xii Hypocrisy meant Tory MPs who preached family values while banging their secretaries. < as lemmas |
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