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

a. A moral maxim or practical lesson to be drawn from a story, event, etc. Also to point a moral (cf. point v.¹ 17).

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > serious saying, dictum > [noun] > moral

moralityc1390

moralc1528

affabulation1641

prudential1719

moralism1836

maxim1883

society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > instil ideas [verb (intransitive)] > moralize

moral1608

moralize1649

to point a moral1749

c1528 Everyman (1961) 902 This morall men may haue in mynde. Ye herers, take it of worth,..And forsake Pryde.

?a1600 Marriage Wit & Wisdom (1846) Epil. 63 Yet may you say vpon the hed The very naile is hit! Wherefore the morrell marke, For Finis lett it passe.

1608 W. Shakespeare Richard II iv. i. 280 Marke silent King the morall of this sport.

1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 282 The Morall hereof is, that you must make use of your youth, and gather Nose~gays before the roses wither.

1692 J. Dryden All for Love (new ed.) Pref. sig. b I doubt not but the same motive has prevailed with all of us in this attempt [sc. the treatment of the subject of Antony and Cleopatra]; I mean the excellency of the moral: for the chief persons represented, were famous patterns of unlawful love; and their end accordingly was unfortunate.

1745 E. Young Consolation 19 No fancy'd God..descends, To solve all Knots; to strike the Moral home.

1749 S. Johnson Vanity Human Wishes 18 To point a Moral, or adorn a Tale.

1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. ii. 23 Hence most probably the fable of the centaur, among the ancients; by which they held out the moral of the jockey and the horse being one beast.

1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) ii. 9 There's a moral in everything.

1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 413 An inscription..in which the moral is better than the point.

1896 Birmingham Inst. Mag. Mar. 292 It is thought foolish now to point a moral. At the same time what may be called an immoral, is held..eminently artistic.

1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xxvi. 294 ‘Reading stories is bad enough but writing them is worse.’ ‘But we're so careful to put a moral into them all, Marilla,’ explained Anne.

1955 Sci. Amer. Apr. 75/1 As a general moral we conclude that war as man wages it finds no counterpart in nature, and it has no justification on the basis of evolution or natural selection.

1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Apr. 37/1 His story is designed to convey a moral, and in his closing chapters he proceeds to spell it out.

单词	to point a moral
释义	> as lemmas to point a moral a. A moral maxim or practical lesson to be drawn from a story, event, etc. Also to point a moral (cf. point v.¹ 17). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > serious saying, dictum > [noun] > moral moralityc1390 moralc1528 affabulation1641 prudential1719 moralism1836 maxim1883 society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > instil ideas [verb (intransitive)] > moralize moral1608 moralize1649 to point a moral1749 c1528 Everyman (1961) 902 This morall men may haue in mynde. Ye herers, take it of worth,..And forsake Pryde. ?a1600 Marriage Wit & Wisdom (1846) Epil. 63 Yet may you say vpon the hed The very naile is hit! Wherefore the morrell marke, For Finis lett it passe. 1608 W. Shakespeare Richard II iv. i. 280 Marke silent King the morall of this sport. 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 282 The Morall hereof is, that you must make use of your youth, and gather Nose~gays before the roses wither. 1692 J. Dryden All for Love (new ed.) Pref. sig. b I doubt not but the same motive has prevailed with all of us in this attempt [sc. the treatment of the subject of Antony and Cleopatra]; I mean the excellency of the moral: for the chief persons represented, were famous patterns of unlawful love; and their end accordingly was unfortunate. 1745 E. Young Consolation 19 No fancy'd God..descends, To solve all Knots; to strike the Moral home. 1749 S. Johnson Vanity Human Wishes 18 To point a Moral, or adorn a Tale. 1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. ii. 23 Hence most probably the fable of the centaur, among the ancients; by which they held out the moral of the jockey and the horse being one beast. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) ii. 9 There's a moral in everything. 1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 413 An inscription..in which the moral is better than the point. 1896 Birmingham Inst. Mag. Mar. 292 It is thought foolish now to point a moral. At the same time what may be called an immoral, is held..eminently artistic. 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xxvi. 294 ‘Reading stories is bad enough but writing them is worse.’ ‘But we're so careful to put a moral into them all, Marilla,’ explained Anne. 1955 Sci. Amer. Apr. 75/1 As a general moral we conclude that war as man wages it finds no counterpart in nature, and it has no justification on the basis of evolution or natural selection. 1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Apr. 37/1 His story is designed to convey a moral, and in his closing chapters he proceeds to spell it out. extracted from moraln. < as lemmas
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