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🔑 moralBrE /ˈmɒrəl/NAmE /ˈmɔːrəl/, /ˈmɑːrəl/ adjective🔑 [only before noun] concerned with principles of right and wrong behaviour 道德的◆a moral issue/dilemma/question 道德方面的议题/困境/问题◆traditional moral values 传统的道德观念◆a decline in moral standards 道德水准的下降◆moral philosophy 道德哲学◆a deeply religious man with a highly developed moral sense 道德意识极强的笃信宗教的人◆The newspapers were full of moral outrage at the weakness of other countries. 报纸总是道貌岸然地说别的国家不好。🔑 [only before noun] based on your own sense of what is right and fair, not on legal rights or duties 道义上的；道德上的 SYN ethical ◆moral responsibility/duty 道义上的责任/义务◆Governments have at least a moral obligation to answer these questions. 政府至少在道义上有责任回应这些问题。◆The job was to call on all her diplomatic skills and moral courage (= the courage to do what you think is right). 这项工作需要她发挥全部的外交才能和捍卫正义的勇气。🔑 following the standards of behaviour considered acceptable and right by most people 品行端正的；有道德的 SYN good, honourable ◆He led a very moral life. 他这个人一向很正派。◆a very moral person 品行非常端正的人 ➡ compare amoral, immoral [only before noun] able to understand the difference between right and wrong 能辨别是非的◆Children are not naturally moral beings. 儿童并非天生就能分辨是非。 ●take, claim, seize, etc. the moral ˈhigh groundto claim that your side of an argument is morally better than your opponents' side; to argue in a way that makes your side seem morally better 声称自己的论点在道义上占优势 🔑 moralBrE /ˈmɒrəl/NAmE /ˈmɔːrəl/, /ˈmɑːrəl/ nounmorals [pl.] standards or principles of good behaviour, especially in matters of sexual relationships 品行，道德（尤指性关系方面）◆Young people these days have no morals. 现在的年轻人根本不讲道德。◆The play was considered an affront to public morals. 人们认为这出戏侮辱了公众道德。◆(old-fashioned) a woman of loose morals (= with a low standard of sexual behaviour) 放荡的女人 [C] a practical lesson that a story, an event or an experience teaches you 寓意；教益◆And the moral is that crime doesn't pay. 寓意就是犯罪得不偿失。 |