英语词汇“moral cowardice”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

moral cowardice n. the kind of cowardice in which taking a principled stand is avoided because of its risks, esp. the disapproval or hostility of others.

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1780 E. Griffith in O. Goldsmith et al. Novellettes for Young Ladies & Gentlemen 46 He..continued to lead her in to join in ridiculing my moral cowardice, as they chose to call it.

1820 L. Hunt Indicator 19 July 321 As we would avoid mean and unnecessary pain, so it appears to us to be a sort of moral cowardice not to look the most appalling stories in the face, that come to..to point out to us some great and awful endeavour for good.

1875 Homilist 36 clxxiv. 304 The spirit of moral cowardice often co-exists with physical bravery.

1905 Longman's Mag. Apr. 507 This moral cowardice shows itself in all our doings... We don't think of what is right, but of what our neighbours—even our servants—think is right.

2015 K. Linley ‘King Lear’ in Context v. 78 We see little of Lear's court in formal action, but there is moral cowardice in its general readiness to accede to unjust actions and say nothing.

单词	moral cowardice
释义	> as lemmas moral cowardice moral cowardice n. the kind of cowardice in which taking a principled stand is avoided because of its risks, esp. the disapproval or hostility of others. ΚΠ 1780 E. Griffith in O. Goldsmith et al. Novellettes for Young Ladies & Gentlemen 46 He..continued to lead her in to join in ridiculing my moral cowardice, as they chose to call it. 1820 L. Hunt Indicator 19 July 321 As we would avoid mean and unnecessary pain, so it appears to us to be a sort of moral cowardice not to look the most appalling stories in the face, that come to..to point out to us some great and awful endeavour for good. 1875 Homilist 36 clxxiv. 304 The spirit of moral cowardice often co-exists with physical bravery. 1905 Longman's Mag. Apr. 507 This moral cowardice shows itself in all our doings... We don't think of what is right, but of what our neighbours—even our servants—think is right. 2015 K. Linley ‘King Lear’ in Context v. 78 We see little of Lear's court in formal action, but there is moral cowardice in its general readiness to accede to unjust actions and say nothing. extracted from moraladj. < as lemmas
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