Protestant ethic
(亦作Protestant work ethic)
noun
- the view that a person's duty and responsibility is to achieve success through hard work and thrift新教伦理（认为人的义务和责任就是通过努力工作、勤俭节约获得成功）。
词源
translating German die protestantische Ethik,coined (1904) by the economist Max Weber in his thesis on the relationship between the teachings of Calvin and the rise of capitalism.