单词 | morality |
释义 | morality n. (pl. -ies)   1. the degree of conformity of an idea, practice, etc., to moral principles.   2. right moral conduct.   3. a lesson in morals.   4. the science of morals.   5. a particular system of morals (commercial morality).   6. (in pl.) moral principles; points of ethics.   7. (in full morality play) hist. a kind of drama with personified abstract qualities as the main characters and inculcating a moral lesson, popular in the 16th c. Etymology: ME f. OF moralit{eacute} or LL moralitas f. L (as MORAL) |
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