moral

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/ˈmɒɹəl/    /ˈmoɹəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The ethical significance or practical lesson.
    — The moral of The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that if you repeatedly lie, people won't believe you when you tell the truth.
  2. Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct. in-plural
    — a candidate with strong morals
  3. A depiction of good or heroic actions.
  4. A morality play. obsolete
  5. A moral certainty. dated,slang
    — "You'd better not collar anything now, because it's a moral that old Antonio would nip out behind one of those cases."
  6. An exact counterpart. dated,slang
动词 v.
  1. To moralize. intransitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially conforming to principles of rectitude.
    — moral judgments; a moral poem
  2. Conforming to a given standard of right behaviour.
    — a moral action
  3. Being sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
    — The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed. They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.
  4. Capable of right and wrong action.
    — a moral agent
  5. Probable but not proved.
    — a moral certainty
  6. Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
    — a moral victory; moral support

词形变化

more moral comparative most moral superlative morals plural morals present,singular,third-person moraling US,participle,present moralling UK,participle,present moraled US,participle,past moraled US,past moralled UK,participle,past moralled UK,past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *mōs
Latin mōs
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin mōrālis
Old French moralbor.
Middle English moral
English moral
From Middle English moral, from Old French moral, from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”)
(first used by Cicero, to translate Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ēthikós, “moral”)), from mos (“manner, custom”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *mōs
Latin mōs
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin mōrālis
Old French moralbor.
Middle English moral
English moral
From Middle English moral, from Old French moral, from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”)
(first used by Cicero, to translate Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ēthikós, “moral”)), from mos (“manner, custom”).
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *mōs
Latin mōs
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin mōrālis
Old French moralbor.
Middle English moral
English moral
From Middle English moral, from Old French moral, from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”)
(first used by Cicero, to translate Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ēthikós, “moral”)), from mos (“manner, custom”).
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