moralize

/mawr-uh-lahyz, mor-/US // ˈmɔr əˌlaɪz, ˈmɒr- //UK // (ˈmɒrəˌlaɪz) //

道德化,讲道德,道德化的,道德化的方式

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb

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mor·al·ized, mor·al·iz·ing.
- : to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.

v.有主动词 verb

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mor·al·ized, mor·al·iz·ing.
- : to explain in a moral sense, or draw a moral from.
- : to improve the morals of.

verbpreach

Forms: moralizing

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No big surprise In 2nd, Mr. Moralize But who should take a curtain call?
Then the medical man smiled gently, but I knew he would want to moralize on the story and I let fly again.
He could now moralize on the vanity of the world, the equality of mankind, and the happiness of a private station.
It is impossible to moralize conveniently when one is being hurried by a person at one's elbow.
As to the first, it was strange enough to moralize upon the after-fortunes of some of our contemporaries.
Then Homer does not moralize by the way, he does not usually approve or condemn; he simply states the deed and its consequences.