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moral

【英英释义】

n.1. morals are principles and beliefs concerning right and wrong behaviour. 复数名词  道德规范，品德，品行

2. the moral of a story or event is what you learn from it about how you should or should not behave. （由故事、事件引出的）道德训诫，寓意  usu the N in sing

adj.1. moral means relating to beliefs about what is right or wrong. 道德上的，道义上的

2. moral courage or duty is based on what you believe is right or acceptable, rather than on what the law says should be done. 勇气或职责道义，基于道德规范的

3. a moral person behaves in a way that is believed by most people to be good and right. 有道德的，品行端正的

4. if you give someone moral support, you encourage them in what they are doing by expressing approval. 道义上的，精神上的

a practical lesson about what to do or how to behave, which you learn from a story or from something that happens to you

【词义深度解析】

moral可以是形容词，也可以是名词。做名词时表示“道德，常用复数”，还有一个好用、地道的意思“寓意，教训”。当我们表达“从某个故事、案例、经历中学到某某东西”时，就可以用moral替换message和lesson。moral尤其适用于写作中的举例论证，我们描述完一个例子之后，将例子和观点作关联时就可以使用moral。

the moral of this story/case/experience is that…

【例句学习】

1. The lesson/message/moral of The Boy Who Cried Wolf （狼来了） is that Children should not lie.

2. The moral of Shenzhen's boom is that talent is essential for a city's continuous economic success.

3. One moral of this story is that you should always collect more material than you will use.

【词汇运用】

1.翻译：我们从TED演讲中可以学到的是，想要获得成功，得学会先帮助别人。

The moral of TED speeches is that if you want to achieve success you should learn to help others. （自己）

The moral of the TED talk is that to succeed we should learn to help others first. / The moral of the TED talk is that to succeed we should learn to pay it forward. （参考翻译）

分析：the TED talk 固定表达  pay it forward 把它传递出去

2.生活场景应用

The moral is that, once cooked, they look the same and taste every bit as good.