核心畫面

You can picture 'integrity' as something whole and untouched — all its parts still joined into one solid piece, nothing broken off, nothing with. From that one image grow both meanings: a bridge with structural integrity, and a person whose character is whole and undivided — they don't say one thing and do another.

可以把 integrity 想成『完整而未被碰過』的狀態:所有部分還結合成一塊,沒有裂開、沒有被動過手腳。從這個畫面更多收起可以把 integrity 想成『完整而未被碰過』的狀態:所有部分還結合成一塊,沒有裂開、沒有被動過手腳。從這個畫面分出兩層意思:一座橋結構完整,和一個人的人格完整不分裂——不會嘴巴說一套、背地裡做另一套。

From the word’s history

From Latin integritas 'soundness, wholeness, completeness', from integer 'whole', which is in- 'not' + the root of tangere 'to touch' — literally 'untouched, untainted'. The moral sense (uprightness, honesty) grew out of that picture of an untouched, undivided whole.

來自拉丁文 integritas(紮實、完整),字根 integer 是『完整』,由 in-(不)加 tangere(觸碰)構成,字面意思就是『未被觸碰、未被污染』。『誠信、正直』這層道德意思,就是從這個『未被碰過、不分裂的完整』畫面長出來的。

etymonline.com/word/integrity (Online Etymology Dictionary)

One branch

從『完整』到『人格的完整』

兩個意思共用同一個『完整、沒被動過』的畫面:一個是實體上的完整,一個是把這個畫面搬到人的品格上。

wholeness · noun · C2

The state of being whole and complete, with all the parts joined together as one and not damaged.

完整;完整性

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

integritynoun/ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/

  • 1

    Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.

    • Stand up, good Canterbury: Thy truth and thy integrity is rooted […]
    • Living a lie saps us of integrity and moral cohesion to the point that we can no longer distinguish between the artifice being propped up and the real world.
  • 2

    The state of being wholesome; unimpaired

  • 3

    The quality or condition of being complete; pure

  • 4

    computingcryptographyengineeringWith regards to data encryption, ensuring that information is not altered by unauthorized persons in a way that is not detectable by authorized users.

  • 5

    aeronauticsaerospaceaviationThe ability of systems to provide timely warnings to users when they should not be used for navigation.

  • 6

    Trustworthiness; keeping one's word.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。