| 单词 | moral |
| 释义 | moral —moralless, adj. /mawr"euhl, mor"-/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes. 2. expressing or conveying truths or counsel as to right conduct, as a speaker or a literary work; moralizing: a moral novel. 3. founded on the fundamental principles of right conduct rather than on legalities, enactment, or custom: moral obligations. 4. capable of conforming to the rules of right conduct: a moral being. 5. conforming to the rules of right conduct (opposed to immoral): a moral man. 6. virtuous in sexual matters; chaste. 7. of, pertaining to, or acting on the mind, feelings, will, or character: moral support. 8. resting upon convincing grounds of probability; virtual: a moral certainty. n. 9. the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc. 10. the embodiment or type of something. 11. morals, principles or habits with respect to right or wrong conduct. [1300-50; ME < L moralis, equiv. to mor- (s. of mos) usage, custom + -alis -AL1] Syn. 5. upright, honest, straightforward, open, virtuous, honorable. 11. integrity, standards, morality. MORALS, ETHICS refer to rules and standards of conduct and practice. MORALS refers to generally accepted customs of conduct and right living in a society, and to the individual's practice in relation to these: the morals of our civilization. ETHICS now implies high standards of honest and honorable dealing, and of methods used, esp. in the professions or in business: ethics of the medical profession. |
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