单词 | social duty |
释义 | > as lemmassocial duty a. Of or relating to society, as social background, social climate, social duty, social fabric, social issue, social question, social virtue, etc. ΘΚΠ society > [adjective] civilc1443 social1579 sociable1641 civic1655 societal1843 societary1844 worldward1848 macrosocial1969 1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. D8 According to that one great social law emong others, which is, that frends and enemies must be common. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1335 Needs there must be beside and without him, other gods and other worlds, unto whom and which he may extend those sociall vertues that he hath. 1695 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. (ed. 3) 191 Careful guard ought to be kept over them [sc. children]; and every least slip in this great social vertue taken notice of and rectified. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. i. 23 The Nature of Man considered in his..social Capacity leads him to a right Behaviour in Society. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 180. ⁋5 He that devotes himself to retired study naturally sinks from omission to forgetfulness of social duties. 1792 tr. J. Necker Ess. True Princ. Executive Power Great States vi. 81 The English nation was not willing that the essential foundations of the social fabric should be shaken at every interval. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 411 The social reason quickly recals him to personal interest. 1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda II. xvi. 135 His social prejudices were such as..to supply the place of the power and habit of reasoning. 1836 A. Combe Physiol. Digestion Pref. p. ix The degree to which its morbid derangements undermine health, happiness, and social usefulness. 1857 Edinb. Rev. 106 223 Goethe's early experiences at first led him to view the whole social fabric with contempt. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 9 Pale unshapen embryos of social sympathy. 1899 Folk-Lore Mar. 75 Races world-divided in their range and their social conceptions. 1920 Fort Wayne (Indiana) News & Sentinel 13 Sept. Watson is a non-descript in politics, an extremist in his social views. 1938 L. MacNeice I crossed Minch ix. 130 A mind must be conditioned by education and social context. 1940 Economist 5 Oct. 428/1 More than two decades of extremely divergent developments in contrasting social climates had to be undone. 1969 R. A. Soloway Prelates & People vi. 205 The Bishop of London..had generally remained silent on social questions throughout the remainder of the decade. 1990 New Scientist 28 July 56/4 I noticed more of Wallace's equal interest in man and social issues in parallel with his account of the natural history. 2007 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 3 Feb. c4 It used to be that social background or family money determined one's educational and career advancement. < as lemmas |
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