單字講座 97：ethic (n) / ethnic (adj)

亞裔數理出色。黑人節奏感強、運動神經發達。猶太裔有生意頭腦且富有。相信大家對像這樣流傳已久的種族標籤都不陌生吧。但是可別讓這些先入為主的刻板印象阻絕了我們深入了解他人的機會。話說「種族的」是 ethic 還是 ethnic 呢？下方說分明。




▍ethic (n) 倫理道德
▶ 例 1：具備強烈職業道德的員工，看重自己的工作，且持續全心投入將工作做到盡善盡美。
Employees with strong work ethics take their work seriously and are consistently devoted to doing their best on the job.

▍ethnic (adj) 種族的 = racial
▶ 例 1：我們學校的學生來自不同種族背景，有黑人、白人、西班牙裔和亞裔。
At our school, there were kids from various ethnic backgrounds: blacks, whites, Hispanics, and Asians.