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单词 mores
释义 mo·res
\ˈmȯ(ˌ)r]āz, ˈmōr(ˌ)], ]ēz sometimes ]ās\ noun plural
Etymology: Latin, plural of mor-, mos custom — more at mood
1. : the fixed customs or folkways of a particular group that are morally binding upon all members of the group and necessary to its welfare and preservation
 < the relationship between law and mores, between the decrees of courts and legislatures and the vast body of community beliefs which shape private action — J.P.Roche & M.M.Gordon >
 < academic mores have frowned upon the invasion of another man's craft — J.R.Butler >
 < have tended to withdraw and develop a self-sufficient society of their own, with distinct and rigid mores — James Stirling >
2. : moral attitudes
 < conformity to the evershifting mores of the moment — Havelock Ellis >
 < some knowledge of the environment and the dominant mores of the author — G.W.Sherburn >
3. : habits, manners
 < her uncanny familiarity with the mores of feline life — New Yorker >
 < in rural New England, organized dancing developed a whole set of mores and practices of its own — R.L.Taylor >
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