"the 'genius' of a people, characteristic spirit of a time and place," 1851 (Palgrave) from Greek ethos "habitual character and disposition; moral character; habit, custom; an accustomed place," in plural, "manners," from suffixed form of PIE root *s(w)e- third person pronoun and reflexive (see idiom). An important concept in Aristotle (as in "Rhetoric" II xii-xiv).
雙語例句
1. an ethos of public service
公益服務的意識
來自《權威詞典》
2. They were as far removed from the ethos of terrorism as you could imagine.
他們絲毫不受恐怖主義思潮的影響,這你可以想像到的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The path he saw himself taking in his research seemed directly opposed to the ethos of the department.
他發現自己的研究路線似乎與系里的精神截然不同.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The whole ethos of the hotel is effortless service.
該酒店的全部理念就是提供輕松的服務。
來自辭典例句
5. His book captures exactly the ethos of Elizabethan England.