| 词汇 | probity |
| 释义 | probity noun[ U ] formaluk /ˈprəʊ.bə.ti/ us /ˈproʊ.bə.t̬i/ complete honesty: 诚实 Her probity and integrity are beyond question.她的诚实和正直是无可置疑的。 Honesty, openness & sincerity above board anti-corruption artless artlessly artlessness earnest honestly in in all honesty/seriousness/truthfulnessidiom in good faithidiom integrity joking apart/asideidiom sincerely stainless straight arrowidiom straight upidiom straightforward the straight and narrowidiom transparency upright probity | Business Englishprobity noun[ U ] formaluk /ˈprəʊbəti/us the quality of being honest and behaving correctly: The Secretary-General will spare no effort to continue to ensure that the highest standards of probity are maintained. financial/fiscal probityThe voting public still demands high standards of financial probity in public life. Examples of probityprobity There are of course many people, including language scholars of great probity, who are watchful about prescription and hostile to 'prescriptivism'. Ethical trust is 'the reciprocal confidence that every citizen has in the probity and justice of the other, that is, simple conventions and promises'. These included a 'familiarity with the routine of leases, agreements, covenants, rent collection, distraints, and for probity in presenting estate accounts'. It provides detailed suggestions about how to ensure probity and safety. However, they must comply with the key principles of public accountability, public involvement, professional influence and probity. More important were probity and the avoidance of vice. Probity and professional standards are the issues, in this regard. While we might question his probity (he may be lying), who questions his authority or his voice? Furthermore, the classes formed to structure the priority setting reflect the form and probity of the evidence but not its content. He had a remarkable probity and evenness of temper, and was strictly faithful to his trust. All that was required was that the royal family showed a willingness to follow the public values of moral probity and financial prudence. The usual remedy offered to raise the level of probity in public life is ' good governance ', to use the development community's jargon. To demonstrate consonance with a narrative tradition and a geographical aetiology of belief is always useful background to its probity (though hardly decisive, of course). The new problems related to issues of probity and market power: providers were explicitly influencing aspects of the purchasing role, such as tendering lists and allocation of funds. Support and information programmes will need to address the cultural context as well as the technical requirements, ethics and probity of family money management. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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