ethos

Word family adjectiveethologicadverbethologicallynounethologistethosethology

e·thos /ˈiːθɒs $ ˈiːθɑːs/ noun [singular]

BELIEVEthe set of ideas and moral attitudes that are typical of a particular group 〔某团体的〕精神特质，道德意识

a community in which people lived according to an ethos of sharing and caring

人们本着分享与关爱精神来生活的社区

Examples from the Corpus

ethos• In the late '60s, thousands of people lived according to an ethos of sharing and caring.• It alerts one to the importance of contextual factors such as those relating to the institution's regulations, resources and ethos.• What should remain constant is ethos.• The dominant male ethos even leads to an unspoken complicity between cop and criminal.• There is now a growing conviction that the religious sources for a new public ethos have to be mobilised again.• Any traces have been obliterated by the advance of the ethos that we have inherited from our Cro-Magnon ancestors.• Western art reflected the ethos of its society as surely as Soviet art.

From Longman Business Dictionary

ethose·thos /ˈiːθɒsˈiːθɑːs/ noun [singular]

the set of ideas, aims, and moral attitudes belonging to the members of an organization

Getting a bit of the American ethos into the business has been a good thing.

The company ethos is to value part-time workers as much as full-time staff.

→ see also corporate culture

Origin ethos

(1800-1900) Greek “custom, character”

词汇	ethos
释义	ethos Word family adjectiveethologicadverbethologicallynounethologistethosethology e·thos /ˈiːθɒs $ ˈiːθɑːs/ noun [singular] BELIEVEthe set of ideas and moral attitudes that are typical of a particular group 〔某团体的〕精神特质，道德意识 a community in which people lived according to an ethos of sharing and caring 人们本着分享与关爱精神来生活的社区 Examples from the Corpus ethos• In the late '60s, thousands of people lived according to an ethos of sharing and caring.• It alerts one to the importance of contextual factors such as those relating to the institution's regulations, resources and ethos.• What should remain constant is ethos.• The dominant male ethos even leads to an unspoken complicity between cop and criminal.• There is now a growing conviction that the religious sources for a new public ethos have to be mobilised again.• Any traces have been obliterated by the advance of the ethos that we have inherited from our Cro-Magnon ancestors.• Western art reflected the ethos of its society as surely as Soviet art. From Longman Business Dictionary ethose·thos /ˈiːθɒsˈiːθɑːs/ noun [singular] the set of ideas, aims, and moral attitudes belonging to the members of an organization Getting a bit of the American ethos into the business has been a good thing. The company ethos is to value part-time workers as much as full-time staff. → see also corporate culture Origin ethos (1800-1900) Greek “custom, character”
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