Moralize
['mɒr(ə)laɪz] or ['mɔrəlaɪz]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) improve the morals of.
(verb.) interpret the moral meaning of; 'moralize a story'.
整理:佩吉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.
(v. t.) To furnish with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.
(v. t.) To render moral; to correct the morals of.
(v. t.) To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.
(v. i.) To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
錄入:米尔顿
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Apply to a moral purpose, make a moral use of, draw a moral from.[2]. Give a moral tone to.[3]. Make moral or virtuous.
v. n. Make moral reflections, talk or write about morality.
錄入:卢卡斯
例句/造句/用法:
- I came here to moralize, not to hear things that make me skip to think of. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Come, don't moralize. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Spying, informing, constant investigations of everybody and everything must become the rule where there is a forcible attempt to moralize society from the top. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The person of the house gave another little laugh, and then nodded her head several times, as who should moralize, 'Oh this world, this world! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- But I forget that I am moralizing in the most interesting part of my tale; and your looks remind me to proceed. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- The poet may rebel against any attempt to set limits to his fancy; and he may argue truly that moralizing in verse is not poetry. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- At best, it produces a temporary emotional glow; at worst, callous indifference to moralizing. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Would you turn all the youth of the world into a tragic chorus, wailing and moralizing over misery? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Thus, we talked of them, and moralized, as with diminished numbers we returned to Windsor Castle. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Yet it was quickly learned--'soon gained, soon gone,' moralized the tutor. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Many a better man,' moralizes Tom Tootle with a gloomy shake of the head, 'ain't had his luck. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
錄入:内丽