Wrong by the rules of right and wrong that a job or a group agrees on. This is the key thing: unethical is usually about professional or public standards, not about breaking the law and not about hurting someone's feelings.

Wrong by the rules of right and wrong違反了對錯的規範 that a job or a group agrees on而這個規範是某個行業或群體共同認定的 This is the key thing這是最關鍵的一點 unethical is usually about professional or public standardsunethical通常講的是職業或公眾的行為標準 not about breaking the law不是在說違法 and not about hurting someone's feelings也不是在說傷害了誰的感情

A doctor who tells a stranger about your illness, a researcher who changes his numbers, a company that hides what its product does — all unethical. Notice that none of those are necessarily crimes. That gap is exactly where the word does its work: "it wasn't illegal, but it was unethical" is one of the most common sentences it appears in.

A doctor who tells a stranger about your illness一個把你的病情告訴陌生人的醫生 a researcher who changes his numbers一個竄改自己數據的研究者 a company that hides what its product does一間隱瞞產品真實效果的公司 — all unethical這些都是unethical（不道德）的 Notice that none of those are necessarily crimes注意這些行為都不見得是犯罪 That gap is exactly where the word does its work這個字發揮作用的地方，正是這個落差 "it wasn't illegal, but it was unethical"「it wasn't illegal, but it was unethical」（這不違法，但不道德） is one of the most common sentences it appears in是這個字最常出現的句型之一

It is a serious, rather formal accusation, at home in business, medicine, journalism, science and politics. For everyday personal badness — lying to a friend, being unkind — English speakers reach for wrong, mean, or not right instead.

It is a serious, rather formal accusation這是一種嚴重、相當正式的指控 at home in business, medicine, journalism, science and politics常見於商業、醫學、新聞、科學和政治領域 For everyday personal badness對於日常生活中個人層面的壞行為 — lying to a friend, being unkind —像是對朋友說謊、不友善 English speakers reach for wrong, mean, or not right instead英語使用者會改用wrong、mean，或not right這些字

And it is worth saying that people argue about it a lot, because who decides? What one company calls smart marketing, others call unethical. The word points at a standard, and standards are the thing people disagree over.

And it is worth saying還值得一提的是 that people argue about it a lot大家對這件事常常有爭論 because who decides?因為到底由誰來決定呢？ What one company calls smart marketing一間公司稱為聰明行銷手法的東西 others call unethical別人可能會說那是unethical（不道德）的 The word points at a standard這個字指向的是一個標準 and standards are the thing people disagree over而標準正是大家會有分歧的地方