释义 |
moralizemoralize /ˈmɔrəˌlaɪz, ˈmɑr-/ verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEmoralize |
Present | I, you, we, they | moralize | | he, she, it | moralizes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | moralized | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have moralized | | he, she, it | has moralized | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had moralized | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will moralize | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have moralized |
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Present | I | am moralizing | | he, she, it | is moralizing | | you, we, they | are moralizing | Past | I, he, she, it | was moralizing | | you, we, they | were moralizing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been moralizing | | he, she, it | has been moralizing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been moralizing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be moralizing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been moralizing |
to tell other people your ideas about what is right and wrong and how people should behave, especially when they have not asked for your opinion SYN preach: moralize about/on It is not my job as a journalist to moralize about other people’s lifestyles.—moralizer noun [countable]—moralizing noun [uncountable] |