morality
英 [məˈræləti]
美[məˈræləti]
- n. 道德；品行，美德
词态变化
复数: moralities;
中文词源
morality 道德，准则
来自moral,道德的，-ity,名词后缀。引申词义道德，准则。
英英释意
- 1. concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
- 2. motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
英文词源
- morality (n.)
- late 14c., "moral qualities," from Old French moralité "moral (of a story); moral instruction; morals, moral character" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin moralitatem (nominative moralitas) "manner, character," from Latin moralis (see moral (adj.)). Meaning "goodness" is attested from 1590s.
Where there is no free agency, there can be no morality. Where there is no temptation, there can be little claim to virtue. Where the routine is rigorously proscribed by law, the law, and not the man, must have the credit of the conduct. [William H. Prescott, "History of the Conquest of Peru," 1847]
同义词辨析
goodness, integrity, morality, purity, virtue
这组名词均含有"美德"之意。
goodness： 含义最广，侧重固有的仁爱，慷慨等高尚的美德。
integrity： 指品格的纯正，有高度是非感的美德。
morality： 强调符合道德标准的行为或用道德准则衡量某事，尤注重男女间的道德品行。
purity： 侧重于道德上无缺点。
virtue： 一般用词，指符合道德准则的隐恶扬善行为或品行或指一种有意识去做善事的高尚道德。
morals, morality, ethics
这些名词均含"道德"之意。
morals： 多用于实践方面，指按习惯或社会公认的道德标准，尤指男女之间关系的道德。
morality： 指符合道德标准的行为
，或用道德标准衡量某事，既指社会的又指个人的道德。
ethics： 多用于伦理方面，指符合于伦理学中所指的好的行为，常指公平正真地对人对事的品德。
考试真题
- But, for most people, lying gets limited as we develop a sense of morality and the ability to self-regulate.
2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C
- Isaac Asimov evaded the whole notion of morality in devising his three laws of robotics.
2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C
- The experiment highlights the importance of morality: without it, how can a robot decide whom to save or what's best for humanity, especially if it can't calculate survival odds?
2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C
实用场景例句
- matters of public/private morality
- 公众 / 个人道德问题
牛津词典
- Standards of morality seem to be dropping.
- 道德标准似乎在下降。
牛津词典
- a debate on the morality of abortion
- 有关堕胎是否道德的辩论
牛津词典
- ...standards of morality and justice in society.
- 社会道德和正义的标准
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...an effort to preserve traditional morality.
- 维护传统道德的努力
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a morality that is sexist.
- 存在性别歧视的道德规范
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...communities and their shared moralities.
- 社区和其共同的道义准则
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the arguments about the morality of blood sports.
- 有关猎杀动物行为是否道德的争论
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Moral authority is a special form of morality , as well as the personification of authoritative moral.
- 道德权威既是道德的一种特殊存在形式, 也是权威道德的人格化.
期刊摘选
- The most important part of a person is not his appearance, but his morality.
- 一个人最重要的不是他的外表, 而是他的品德.
期刊摘选
- There we have the relationship of art and morality in a nutshell.
- 一言以蔽之,艺术与道德的关系便是如此.
期刊摘选
- The Bridges of Madison County: you can forget anything, but not love and morality.
- 《廊桥遗梦》: 连记忆都可以忘掉, 但爱与伦理却不能!
期刊摘选
- He demonstrated enormous political conscience and morality with courage.
- 他彰显了无比的政治良知和道德勇气.
期刊摘选
- Can all our efforts towards morality prevail over the forces of evil?
- 我们为提倡伦理道德所做的努力能够战胜邪恶的力量 吗 ?
《简明英汉词典》
- And there is debate about the morality of medicating children.
- 而且还有一个关于用药物治疗孩子们的道德争论.
期刊摘选
- We are fulfillers of morality!
- (我们是道德完全之人! )
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- It is substantially true that virtue on morality is a necessary spring of popular government.
- 有一句话实质上是不错的,那就是:道德是民主政府所必需的一种原动力.
辞典例句
- Kohlberg would classify them as having an individualistic morality.
- Kohlberg把他们归类为:拥有个人的道德价值观.
期刊摘选
- We must carry out the Program for Improving Civic Morality.
- 认真贯彻公民道德建设实施纲要.
期刊摘选
- In the school morality building, the principal function of teachers should be valued.
- 校园道德建设是一个社会整体道德建设的重要工程之一.
期刊摘选
- It's obvious from his cruel behavior that he has no morality.
- 从他残忍的行为看,他无德行可言.
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- Western ethics is often linked with Judeo - Christian morality, which nurtured Western values for centuries.
- 西方伦理学通常与犹太一基督道义相联系.几百年来,犹太一基督道义培育了西方的价值观.
期刊摘选
- The ideal of beauty and morality cannot perish in a healthy society.
- 在一个健康的社会中,美与德的理念不会消失.
期刊摘选
- Plato first raised these questions and asserted the independence of morality from religion.
- 柏拉图最先提出这些问题,主张使道德观从宗教中独立出来.
期刊摘选
- It's like a morality car wash.
- 它就像一个道德的洗车间.
期刊摘选
- All the participants are very much concerned about the morality of abortion.
- 与会者都非常关注堕胎的道德性问题.
期刊摘选
- Have ideal, have morality, literate, have discipline.
- 有理想, 有道德, 有文化, 有纪律.
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- All round development of morality, intelligence and physique is emphasized.
- 注重学生德 、 智、体、能全面发展.
期刊摘选
- He has overthrown the basic standards of morality.
- 他已摒弃了基本的道德标准.
《简明英汉词典》
- Law and morality are the bulwark of society.
- 法律和道德是社会的防御工具.
《现代英汉综合大词典》