moralize

英 ['mɒr(ə)laɪz] 美 ['mɔrəlaɪz]
  • vt. 教化,从道德上解释;从…引出道德教训
  • vi. 说教;讲道德

中文词源


moralize 进行道德说教

来自moral,道德的,-ize,使。讽刺用法。

英文词源


moralize (v.)
c. 1400, "expound or interpret spiritual or moral significance," from Old French moraliser and directly from Late Latin moralizare, from moralis (see moral (adj.)). Related: Moralized; moralizing.

双语例句


1. As a dramatist I hate to moralize.
作为一名剧作家,我憎恨说教。

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2. My dear boy, you are really beginning to moralize.
好孩子, 你真是开始说教啦.

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3. But he did not moralize long.
但是,他对这些大道理想得并不长久.

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4. His ethicism often led him to moralize.
他的道德主义使他经常说教他人.

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5. A man who moralize is usually a hypocrite, and a women who moralize is invariably plain.
说教的男人通常是个伪善者, 而说教的女人则必定是个丑女.

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