rectitude

英 [ˈrektɪtjuːd]

美 [ˈrektɪtuːd]

n.  公正; 正直; 诚实

GRETEM8法律

BNC.21649 / COCA.24055

牛津词典

noun

• 公正；正直；诚实
  the quality of thinking or behaving in a correct and honest way

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 正直;公正;诚实
  Rectitudeis a quality or attitude that is shown by people who behave honestly and morally according to accepted standards.
  1. ...people of the utmost moral rectitude.
     最为正直的人

英英释义

noun

• righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
  Synonym:uprightness

双语例句

• He had lost the faculty of working and of moving firmly towards any fixed goal, but he was endowed with more clear-sightedness and rectitude than ever.
  他失去了从事工作和朝着一个固定目标稳步前进的能力，但是他比任何时候都来得通达和正直。
• And sceptical students scoffing at his protestations of fiscal rectitude did not stop Mr Geithner claiming Chinese backing for US policies.
  虽然有关财政纪律的声明遭到中国多疑学生的耻笑，但那不妨碍盖特纳宣称中国支持美国的政策。
• Unfortunately the reward for such rectitude has been an explosion in the debt to GDP ratio.
  不幸的是，此类正统政策带来的结果是债务相对gdp的比例急剧升高。
• They did it more in a spirit of moral rectitude than of brotherly love.
  他们做这件事与其说是出自兄弟般的情谊还不如说是出于道义上的正直。
• Rectitude such as that tends to have a fairly short shelf life in China.
  在中国，这种正直风气的保质期通常相当短。
• I am sure she is a paragon of rectitude.
  我可以肯定她是个正直的完人。
• And yet, they became so notorious for their moral rectitude that the word puritan has become a byword.
  然而，他们却以他们在道德上的正直而恶名昭彰，以至于“清教徒”在当时是个有贬义的绰号。
• Yet as one European told me, economics is a branch of moral philosophy in Germany, so do not expect expansionary demand policies to trump rectitude, discipline and belt-tightening.
  然而，正如一位欧洲人告诉我的一样，在德国，经济学是伦理学的一个分支，所以，不要指望会有扩张性需求政策压倒正直、纪律和紧缩开支计划。
• The only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions.
  在追忆往事时，唯一的盾牌是他的行为正直和诚实。
• In the first place the wrong-doer, devoid of rectitude, falls into great poverty through sloth; in the next place his evil repute gets noised abroad;
  首先，错误的行为，缺乏正直，由于懒惰而变得极端贫困，另一方面他的恶名已经远播；