conduct: translation
•Roman•
I.•/Roman•
noun
1 way of behaving
ADJECTIVE
▪ good
▪ The prisoner was released early for good conduct.
▪ discreditable (BrE), disgraceful, immoral, improper, inappropriate, unethical, ungentlemanly (BrE), unprofessional, unseemly (esp. BrE)
▪ aggressive (esp. BrE), violent
▪ criminal, disorderly, fraudulent (law, esp. BrE), illegal, negligent, unlawful, wrongful
▪ He was arrested for disorderly conduct.
▪ unsporting (BrE), unsportsmanlike (esp.AmE)
▪ homosexual, sexual
▪ personal
▪ business, professional
▪ The business conduct of this bank will be subject to UK rules.
▪ Our organization sets high standards of professional conduct.
▪ police
▪ human, moral
▪ It is tempting to think of morality as a guide to human conduct.
VERB + CONDUCT
▪ engage in
▪ The committee concluded that the senators had engaged in improper conduct.
▪ govern, regulate
▪ rules governing police conduct
▪ explain
▪ The police chief was asked to explain his conduct.
PREPOSITION
▪ conduct by
▪ The violent conduct by the strikers was condemned.
▪ conduct towards/toward
▪ her conduct towards/toward her husband
PHRASES
▪ a code of conduct, rules of conduct, standards of conduct
2 management of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ proper
▪ The elders were responsible for the proper conduct of community life.
▪ day-to-day
▪ the day-to-day conduct of the business of the company
•Roman•
II.•/Roman•
verb
1 organize sth/carry sth out
ADVERB
▪ independently, separately
▪ Education was conducted separately for males and females.
▪ jointly, simultaneously
▪ a survey conducted jointly by two teams of researchers
▪ personally
▪ properly
▪ successfully
▪ regularly, routinely
▪ We regularly conduct safety inspections.
▪ online
▪ Today, 50% of opinion polls are conducted online.
2 (formal) conduct yourself behave
ADVERB
▪ honourably/honorably, well, with dignity
▪ She conducts herself with great dignity.
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪ He always conducted himself as a gentleman.
▪ in
▪ They have conducted themselves in a very professional manner.
3 heat/electricity
ADVERB
▪ well
▪ a substance which conducts electricity well
Conduct is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑researcher
Conduct is used with these nouns as the object: ↑activity, ↑affair, ↑analysis, ↑assault, ↑assessment, ↑auction, ↑autopsy, ↑band, ↑blitz, ↑business, ↑campaign, ↑census, ↑ceremony, ↑check, ↑choir, ↑class, ↑concerto, ↑current, ↑defence, ↑demonstration, ↑diplomacy, ↑election, ↑electricity, ↑enquiry, ↑espionage, ↑evaluation, ↑examination, ↑excavation, ↑exercise, ↑experiment, ↑fieldwork, ↑funeral, ↑hearing, ↑heat, ↑inquest, ↑inspection, ↑interrogation, ↑interview, ↑inventory, ↑investigation, ↑litigation, ↑manoeuvre, ↑meeting, ↑mission, ↑negotiation, ↑operation, ↑orchestra, ↑patrol, ↑poll, ↑post-mortem, ↑premiere, ↑procedure, ↑programme, ↑raid, ↑reconnaissance, ↑referendum, ↑registration, ↑rehearsal, ↑research, ↑review, ↑ritual, ↑search, ↑seminar, ↑simulation, ↑study, ↑surveillance, ↑survey, ↑symphony, ↑talk, ↑test, ↑tour, ↑trade, ↑transaction, ↑trial, ↑vendetta, ↑visit, ↑warfare, ↑wedding, ↑work, ↑workshop, ↑worship