[N-PLURAL 复数名词]道德规范；伦理Ethics are moral beliefs and rules about right and wrong.
Its members are bound by a rigid code of ethics which includes confidentiality...
它的成员受到包括保密在内的一套严格的伦理规范的约束。
Refugee workers said such action was a violation of medical ethics.
难民工作者说那种行为是对医德的亵渎。
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[N-PLURAL 复数名词]（个人信奉的）道德原则 Someone's ethics are the moral principles about right and wrong behaviour which they believe in.
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It is common to distinguish between personal and social ethics...
个人道德准则和社会道德准则常常不一致。
He told the police that he had thought honestly about the ethics of what he was doing.
他告诉警方说他确实考虑过自己所作所为依据的道德原则。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]伦理学Ethics is the study of questions about what is morally right and wrong.
...the teaching of ethics and moral philosophy.
伦理学和道德哲学的教学
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[N-SING 单数名词]道德规范；伦理标准 An ethic of a particular kind is an idea or moral belief that influences the behaviour, attitudes, and philosophy of a group of people.
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...the ethic of public service.
公共服务的道德标准
...an indomitable work ethic and determination to succeed.
坚定的职业道德观和争取成功的决心
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ethicAWL/ˈeθɪk; NAmEˈeθɪk/noun1ethics[plural ]moral principles that control or influence a person's behaviour 道德准则；伦理标准◆professional/business/medical ethics职业╱商业道德；医德◆to draw up a code of ethics拟定一份道德规范◆He began to question the ethics of his position.他开始对他的立场是否符合道德准则提出质疑。2[singular ]a system of moral principles or rules of behaviour 道德体系；行为准则◆a strongly defined work ethic明确规定的工作守则◆the Protestant ethic新教伦理3ethics[uncountable ]the branch of philosophy that deals with moral principles 伦理学；道德学ethicethicsethic/ˈeθɪk; NAmEˈeθɪk/
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ethiceth‧ic /ˈeθɪk/ ●●○AWL noun
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1[countable] a general idea or belief that influences people’s behaviour and attitudes: The old ethic of hard work has given way to a new ethic of instant gratification. →
work ethic
2ethics [plural] moral rules or principles of behaviour for deciding what is right and wrong: a report on the ethics of gene therapyprofessional/business/medical ethics (=the moral rules relating to a particular profession) public concern about medical ethics a code of ethics
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