integrity
/ɪnˈteɡrəti/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪnˈteɡrəti/ (ame, ipa) · /in-ˈte-grə-tē/ (ame, mw)
integrity — 名詞
1. The quality of always being honest and following strong moral rules, especially
誠信；正直
堅守道德原則的品格
The quality of always being honest and following strong moral rules, especially when doing the right thing costs you something or brings you trouble.
Mauricio showed great integrity by returning the lost wallet with all the cash still inside it.
Mauricio 展現了極佳的誠信，把裝有所有現金的遺失錢包原封不動歸還。
collocation: show integrity
The politician's integrity was questioned after voters discovered she had accepted money from a company she was supposed to investigate.
這名政治人物的誠信受到質疑，因為選民發現她收受了一家本應調查的公司的錢。
passive: integrity was questioned
Élise had the integrity to admit that her report contained a mistake, even though no one else had noticed it.
Élise 有足夠的正直勇氣承認報告中有錯誤，即使沒有人發現。
Parents hope their children will grow up to be people of integrity who treat others fairly.
父母都希望孩子長大後成為誠信的人，公平對待他人。
The coach was known for his integrity — he never pressured young athletes to play when they were injured.
這位教練以正直著稱——他從不逼迫受傷的年輕運動員繼續比賽。
- honesty
more general; does not always imply sticking to principles under pressure
- uprightness
more formal, emphasises moral correctness
- probity
very formal, used in legal or academic contexts
- rectitude
formal, morally correct behaviour
- dishonesty
lack of truthfulness
- corruption
willingness to act dishonestly for money or power
文法句型
have the integrity to + infinitive
用法筆記
Frequently used with possessive determiners (his integrity, her integrity) and in the fixed phrase 'a person of integrity'. This is the most common sense of the word.
常見錯誤
2. The attitude of refusing to lower the quality of your work or art, even when doi
專業操守
工作中堅持品質的態度
The attitude of refusing to lower the quality of your work or art, even when doing so would bring more money, popularity, or approval from others.
Sumin refused to rewrite the novel as a romance story, saying it would compromise her artistic integrity.
Sumin 拒絕把小說改寫成愛情故事，她說那樣會損害她的藝術原則。
collocation: compromise artistic integrity
The university has strict rules about academic integrity, and students who copy from the internet may be expelled.
這所大學對學術誠信有嚴格規定，上網抄襲的學生可能會被開除。
collocation: academic integrity
Lakan turned down a lucrative advertising deal because he felt it would damage the integrity of his cooking show.
Lakan 拒絕了一筆豐厚的廣告合約，因為他覺得那樣會損害他烹飪節目的品質。
Hamza insisted on using hand-stitched fabric for the costumes to maintain the integrity of the traditional design.
Hamza 堅持用手工縫製布料做戲服，以維持傳統設計的完整性。
The journalist worried that publishing the article before checking all the facts would hurt the integrity of the newspaper.
這名記者擔心在查證所有事實之前刊登文章，會傷害這家報社的公信力。
- compromise
in this context, lowering one's standards
- corruption
allowing dishonest practices in a profession
文法句型
[adjective] + integrity
compromise the integrity of + noun phrase
用法筆記
Commonly paired with domain-specific adjectives: 'artistic integrity' (creative work), 'academic integrity' (scholarship), 'professional integrity' (any career). The sense overlaps with sense 1 when the same action involves both moral and professional standards.
常見錯誤
3. A condition in which something is fully together, nothing is missing or broken,
完整性
完整未受破壞的狀態
A condition in which something is fully together, nothing is missing or broken, and all parts remain in their proper place — applying to physical objects, electronic data, national borders, or group identity.
Engineers inspected the bridge carefully and confirmed that its structural integrity had not been weakened by the storm.
工程師仔細檢查了橋樑，確認其結構完整沒有因為暴風雨而受損。
collocation: structural integrity
The database uses special checks to ensure data integrity so that no records are lost or corrupted.
資料庫使用特殊檢查機制來確保資料完整性，避免記錄遺失或損毀。
collocation: data integrity
Vivek argued that the proposed border changes would threaten the territorial integrity of the nation.
Vivek 主張，提議的邊界變更會威脅該國的領土完整。
Femi worried that rapid tourism development was damaging the cultural integrity of his hometown.
Femi 擔心觀光業快速發展正在破壞他家鄉的文化整體性。
Restoring the integrity of the ancient wall required replacing each stone in its original position.
修復古城牆的完整性需要把每一塊石頭放回原來的位置。
- completeness
all parts present; less about strength
- unity
working together as one, especially for groups or nations
- wholeness
more general and less technical than integrity
- fragmentation
breaking into pieces
- division
splitting apart, especially of groups
- corruption
of data — when information becomes damaged or altered
文法句型
the integrity of + noun phrase
用法筆記
This sense appears in formal, technical, or academic writing far more often than in casual speech. The specific domain (engineering, computing, law, cultural studies) changes which adjective pairs with it — always check the field before choosing a collocation.