從『完整』到『人格的完整』
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wholeness · noun · C2
The state of being whole and complete, with all the parts joined together as one and not damaged.
完整；完整性
You can picture 'integrity' as something whole and untouched — all its parts still joined into one solid piece, nothing broken off, nothing with. From that one image grow both meanings: a bridge with structural integrity, and a person whose character is whole and undivided — they don't say one thing and do another.
可以把 integrity 想成『完整而未被碰過』的狀態：所有部分還結合成一塊，沒有裂開、沒有被動過手腳。從這個畫面分出兩層意思：一座橋結構完整，和一個人的人格完整不分裂——不會嘴巴說一套、背地裡做另一套。
From the word’s history
From Latin integritas 'soundness, wholeness, completeness', from integer 'whole', which is in- 'not' + the root of tangere 'to touch' — literally 'untouched, untainted'. The moral sense (uprightness, honesty) grew out of that picture of an untouched, undivided whole.
來自拉丁文 integritas（紮實、完整），字根 integer 是『完整』，由 in-（不）加 tangere（觸碰）構成，字面意思就是『未被觸碰、未被污染』。『誠信、正直』這層道德意思，就是從這個『未被碰過、不分裂的完整』畫面長出來的。
etymonline.com/word/integrity (Online Etymology Dictionary)
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原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
integritynoun/ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/
- 1
Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.
- Stand up, good Canterbury: Thy truth and thy integrity is rooted […]
- Living a lie saps us of integrity and moral cohesion to the point that we can no longer distinguish between the artifice being propped up and the real world.
- 2
The state of being wholesome; unimpaired
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The quality or condition of being complete; pure
- 4
computingcryptographyengineeringWith regards to data encryption, ensuring that information is not altered by unauthorized persons in a way that is not detectable by authorized users.
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aeronauticsaerospaceaviationThe ability of systems to provide timely warnings to users when they should not be used for navigation.
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Trustworthiness; keeping one's word.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。