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- pronunciation:
- mo
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 l
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ma
rl
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
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adjective |
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having to do with what is right and what is wrong in how a person acts.
道义上的, 道德的
He went to his priest for help with a difficult moral decision.他到他牧师那里寻求帮助作出一个很困难的道义上的决定。- synonyms:
- ethical
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following rules of right or fair behavior.
有道德的
He is not friendly but he is moral.他不是很友善但他是有道德的。- synonyms:
- good, upright
- antonyms:
- corrupt, immoral
- similar words:
- decent, honest, just, proper, responsible, scrupulous, wholesome
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innocent, pure |
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noun |
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the lesson about right and wrong learned from a story or event.
教训, 寓意
The moral of the story is, "What comes around, goes around," or how you treat someone will come back to you.故事的寓意是"恶有恶报"或者你怎样对别人，别人也就怎样对你。- similar words:
- example, rule, teaching
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(plural) ideas or habits of behavior that relate to what is right and what is wrong.
道德, 德行
A person with morals will not cheat or steal.一个有道德的人是不会欺骗或偷盗的。- synonyms:
- ethics, principles
- similar words:
- ideals, values
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code, morality |
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broader categories that include morals |
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religion, society |
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similar to morals |
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conscience, principles, values |
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some actions associated with lack of morals |
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abuse, cheat, lie, sin, steal, tempt |
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some descriptions of people who act morally |
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good, honest, honorable, just, noble, responsible, scrupulous, steadfast, upright |
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some descriptions of people who do not act morally |
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criminal, dishonest, disreputable, immoral, misguided, shady, wicked, wrong |
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some people associated with morals |
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angel, cheat, culprit, devil, liar, rogue, saint, thief |
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some reactions associated with morals |
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atone, bless, condemn, discipline, forgive, guide, impeach, instill, punish, reform, relapse, remedy, shape |
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some things associated with morals |
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adages, allegories, parables, right, wrong |
The word moral
contains the following parts:
mos, mor-, mores
Latin
root
that means custom, morals
  Example words:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, annual, artificial, biblical, brutal, capital, central, chemical, classical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, personal, plural, political, potential, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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