early 15c., "quality of being straight," from Middle French rectitude (14c.), from Late Latin rectitudinem (nominative rectitudo) "straightness, uprightness," from Latin rectus "straight" (see right (adj.1)). Sense of "upright in conduct or character" is from 1530s.
雙語例句
1. Alexander is a man of unquestioned moral rectitude.
亞歷山大是個品行端正無瑕的人.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. I am sure she is a paragon of rectitude.
我可以肯定她是個正直的完人.
來自辭典例句
3. She was indignant with his presumption and self - satisfaction and conscious rectitude.
她惱火他的傲慢自滿和自以為是.
來自辭典例句
4. He exuded a rectitude so matter - of - fact that he never needed to appeal to it.
他辦事公正,實事求是,本性如此,無需申述.
來自辭典例句
5. The only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions.