espouse, rhetorician, unscrupulous companies

Cicero was assassinated on this day in 43 BC. His rules of conversation—be courteous, never criticise people behind their backs, stick to subjects of general interest—are still espoused today

Speak clearly, do not talk about yourself, do not interrupt: Cicero on polite conversation

Rhetorician and orator Cicero was assassinated on December 7th 43 BC

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然而中國方面也承認﹐一些無良公司可以通過非正當方式取得許可證。這也使李長江提出的辦法在多大程度上可行引起了人們的質疑。
At the same time, China acknowledged that unscrupulous domestic companies can circumvent its licensing requirements -- raising questions as to how well Mr. Li's proposal would work.

scrupulous

ˈskruːpjʊləs/

adjective

1. (of a person or process) careful, thorough, and extremely attentive to details.

unscrupulous 
adjective DISAPPROVING
behaving in a way that is dishonest or unfair in order to get what you want:
an unscrupulous financial adviser ━━ a. 不謹慎な, 平気で悪事をする; 無法な, 非良心的な.

數例

Niccolò Machiavelli was the Italian political philosopher and diplomat who was best known for his treatise The Prince. In the book, Machiavelli espoused the use of ruthless and unscrupulous tactics to gain and hold onto political power, stating that the end justifies the means


Ian Allison, corporate relations director for BrunelFranklin.com -which offers a claims service for people who think they may have been mis-sold - said: "Firms who used unscrupulous sales tactics to sell PPI are finally having to pay for the shoddy way in which they mistreated customers.


"It is as if each of us, every day, is tracing a picture of Joycean complexity," Mr. Battelle says about trails left in cyberspace. And yes, that picture could be used in unscrupulous ways. Could Google exploit the provisions of the Patriot Act to invade privacy? Might it violate its high-minded credo to court business in China, despite Internet censorship there? And what about that credo, anyway? "Well, of course, you shouldn't be evil," Mr. Battelle was told by Jeff Bezos, chief executive of Amazon.com and a Google investor. "But then again, you shouldn't have to brag about it, either."

unscrupulous

See definition in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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Pronunciation: /ʌnˈskruːpjʊləs/

Definition of unscrupulous in English:

adjective

Having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair:unscrupulous landlords might be tempted to harass existing tenants

espouse

See definition in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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Pronunciation: /ɪˈspaʊz/

 /ɛˈspaʊz/

Definition of espouse in English:

verb

[WITH OBJECT]

1Adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life):the left has espoused the causes of sexual and racial equality

2archaic Marry:Edward had espoused the lady Grey

2.1(be espoused to) (Of a woman) be engaged to (a particular man):she was secretly espoused to his son, Petera virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph

Derivatives

espouser

noun

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'take as a spouse'): from Old French espouser, from Latin sponsare, from sponsus'betrothed', past participle of spondere.