| 单词 | ethical |
| 释义 | ethical (once / 716 pages) adj For someone who is honest and follows good moral standards, use the adjective ethical. An ethical teacher will grade your papers honestly — even if she catches you sticking your tongue out at her. Ethical comes from the Greek ethos "moral character" and describes a person or behavior as right in the moral sense - truthful, fair, and honest. Sometimes the word is used for people who follow the moral standards of their profession. An ethical lawyer or doctor does not try to take advantage of the client or patient's unfortunate situation. If something has happened and you are not sure what the right thing to do is, you are having an ethical dilemma. WORD FAMILYethical: ethically, unethical+/ethic: ethics/ethicism: ethicist/ethicist: ethicists/ethics: ethical, ethicism/unethical: unethically USAGE EXAMPLESThe digital media ecosystem is completely rigged against ethical responsibility in ways that are potentially more destructive than the old media ecosystem. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) Fernyhough writes that his most elaborate inner conversations occur when he is dealing with an ethical dilemma. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) So what would an ethical fix to our organ transplant shortage look like? Slate(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior an ethical lawyer ethical medical practice an ethical problem had no ethical objection to drinking "Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants"- Omar N. Bradley Syn|Ant right in conformance with justice or law or morality unethical not conforming to approved standards of social or professional behavior wrongcontrary to conscience or morality or law 2adj adhering to ethical and moral principles it seems ethical and right Syn honorable, honourable right in conformance with justice or law or morality 3adj of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics ethical codes ethical theories |
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