| 单词 | honour system |
| 释义 | > as lemmashonour system honour system n. a system under which a person is relied on to act honestly without being supervised (originally (U.S.) with reference to abstention from cheating in examinations, later more generally with regard to the provision of goods and services (cf. honesty n. Compounds)). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [noun] > object of truenesslOE trusta1393 honour system1893 1893 Daily Princetonian 1 May 3/2 The Honor system in examinations was tried at Cornell today. 1904 Pittsburgh Gaz. 3 Dec. 4 The most successful plan of combating the tendency of college students to cheat in examinations has been some form of an ‘honor system’ by which the pupil is implicitly trusted and his statement accepted that he used no dishonest aids. 1966 Listener 24 Feb. 266/2 On the buses and trams an ‘honour’ system: you throw your money into a coin box..and tear off your own ticket. 1994 Guardian 24 Mar. ii. 19/4 It's an honour system: if you enjoy a book, you send the author money. < as lemmas |
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