the moral ideas and attitudes that belong to a particular group, society or person (某团体或社会的)道德思想,道德观 an ethos of public service 公益服务的道德意识 the carefree Californian ethos 无忧无虑的加州精神 Teaching was central to his ethos. 教学是他精神气质的核心。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc1Investing in arms companies is strongly against the group's ethos. 投资军火公司强烈反对该集团的精神。 The prevailing ethos of the teachers was that of strict discipline. 老师们盛行的风气是严明纪律。
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from modern Latin, from Greek ēthos ‘nature, disposition’, (plural) ‘customs’.