"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).
例文
1. an ethos of public service
公益サービスの意識
2.They were as far removed from the ethos of terrorism as you could imagine.
彼らはテロ思潮の影響を少しも受けていないことを想像することができます。
3.The path he saw himself taking in his research seemed directly opposed to the ethos of the department.
彼は自分の研究ルートが系の精神とは全く異なるように見えることに気づいた。
4.The whole ethos of the hotel is effortless service.
このホテルのすべてのコンセプトは、手軽なサービスを提供することです。/
5.His book captures exactly the ethos of Elizabethan England.