【同义词辨析】 正直honesty-probity

honesty: implies refusal to lie, steal, or deceive in any way: a politician of scrupulous ~.   (scrupulous一丝不苟地遵守道德细节,如scrupulous in carrying out the terms of the will谨慎的履行遗嘱)


honor: suggests an active or anxious regard for the standards of one's profession, calling, or position: a keen sense of ~ in business matters.    regard for the standards of profession考虑职业标准,即遵守职业道德 calling也是职业,强调符合天性品味天赋,如I feel music is my calling我认为天生适合音乐   position职位,有一定级别,如his position is research director他职位是研究主任)  honor还表示荣誉、尊敬


integrity: implies trustworthiness and incorruptibility to a degree that one is incapable of being false to a trust, responsibility, or pledge: her unimpeachable ~ as a journalist.   (又如I admire his integrity钦佩他的正直品质,该词还表示完整complete or whole,如integrity of territory领土完整,the integrity of our culture文化完整性,都来自integer整数表示complete) impeach弹劾控告,如针对克林顿的弹劾,unimpeachable无可指责的


probity: implies tried and proven honesty or integrity: a judge with a reputation for ~.


honesty诚实: 表示拒绝任何撒谎盗窃欺骗,honor操守: 表示遵守职业道德,integrity正直诚实: 值得信赖的正直诚实,probity正直诚实: 经过考验的正直诚实


记忆方法: 1) 首字母HHIP联想IP很好<==正直的人   IP原是英文intellectual property(知识产权)的缩写,在网络流行语中,表示某个人或地方的品牌形象影响力,如个人IP、地域IP

         2) 正直的意思是品格诚实遵守道德mean uprightness of character or action.首字母HHIP联想IP很好<==正直的人   upright正直,指遵守道德原则implies strict adherence to moral principles,如ministers of church must be upright牧师必须正直