2012_05_06 Mensch n. responsible person.负责任的人。

Word of the Day for Sunday, May  6, 2012
mensch \mench\, noun:
A decent, upright, mature, and responsible person.
It's easy to be a mensch, his dad says. You honor your father and mother. You stay married, you set your kids a good example, you don't lie or cheat or steal. And every once in a while, Cookie, you gotta pick up the check, his father says, then winks.
 -- Jane VanDenburgh, Physics of Sunset
A mensch is not usually interested in fame. You are liable to meet a mensch in almost any situation.
 -- Ira Wood, The Kitchen Man
Mensch entered English from Yiddish in the 1950s. In Yiddish, it meant "man, human being" and had the positive associations that carried into English. It is related to the German word mensch.
一个正派，正直，成熟的，负责任的人。

它很容易成为一个门施，他的父亲说。你孝敬你的父亲和母亲。你留结婚了，你设置你的孩子一个很好的例子，你不说谎或欺骗或窃取。每隔一会儿，饼干，你必须拿起支票，他的父亲说，然后眨眨眼睛。
- 简VanDenburgh，日落物理

一门施通常不感兴趣的名声。你有责任，以满足几乎在任何情况下，1门施。
- 伊拉木，厨房的人

门施在20世纪50年代从意第绪语的英语。意第绪语，这意味着“人，人类的”和成英文进行的正相关。它与德国字门施。