英语词汇“immoral”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Use the adjective immoral to describe a person, group, or situation that intentionally goes against accepted ideas of what is right, like a government that attacks its own people, or a friend who steals your favorite spatula.

Morals are the principles we follow that help us know the difference between right and wrong. When someone is immoral, they make decisions that purposely violate a moral agreement. Immoral is sometimes confused with amoral, which describes someone who has no morals and doesn’t know what right or wrong means. Someone immoral, though, knows the difference and does bad stuff anyway, like that so-called friend who takes your utensils.

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

amoral / immoral

Both have to do with right and wrong, but amoral means having no sense of either, like a fish, but the evil immoral describes someone who knows the difference, doesn't care, and says "mwah ha ha" while twirling a mustache.

If you are amoral, you're not a jerk, you just don't know that what you're doing is wrong. In the 1800s, Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (among other treasures), coined the word amoral to differentiate from immoral. Amoral is generally more descriptive, rather than judgmental:

In an age enamored of machines, life becomes amoral, without moral bearings, devoid of moral categories. (Edith Sizoo)

Amoral nature committed the crime "the man" could not. (Eye for Film)

Immoral is having no morality, being wicked or evil. If you are immoral, you know what society considers right and wrong, yet you do wrong anyway. It's a judgment, no doubt:

The bankers who took millions while destroying people's savings: greedy, selfish, and immoral. (Business Week)

At best, it is in bad taste and worse, flatly immoral. (Scientific American)

If you call someone immoral, you are saying that person knows better. If you call him amoral, you are saying that person does wrong but doesn't understand that it is wrong. It can be a fine line, other times it's clear: If a giant wave turns your boat over, that wave isn't being mean, it's amoral. If another boat rams into you and does the same thing, that is an immoral act, especially if the immoral captain laughs instead of helping you out of the water.

WORD FAMILY

immoral: immorality, immorally+/amoral: amoralism, amorality, amorally/amoralism: amoralist/amoralist: amoralists/immorality: immoralities/moral: amoral, immoral, moralise, moralism, morality, moralize, morally, morals/moralisation: moralisations/moralise: moralisation, moralised, moralises, moralising/moralism: moralisms, moralist/moralist: moralists/moralistic: moralistically/morality: moralistic, moralities/moralization: moralizations/moralize: moralization, moralized, moralizes, moralizing/moralizing: moralizings

USAGE EXAMPLES

"It's an illegal, unethical and immoral view of the world," he says.

BBC(Dec 29, 2016)

Along with seven other people, he was publicly punished for committing “immoral acts,” she said.

Los Angeles Times(Dec 26, 2016)

“Natural selection is heinously immoral,” he said, invoking Tennyson’s view that nature is “red in tooth and claw.”

The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016)

1adj deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

Syn|Ant

unchaste

not chaste

evil

morally bad or wrong

debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous

unrestrained by convention or morality

disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking

giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

scrofulous

morally contaminated

unrighteous

not righteous

wicked

morally bad in principle or practice

moral

concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles

chaste

morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)

good

morally admirable

honorable, honourable

worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect

chaste

abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse

clean, clean-living

morally pure

moralistic

narrowly and conventionally moral

righteous

morally justified

incorrupt

free of corruption or immorality

righteous

characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice

virtuous

morally excellent

2adj not adhering to ethical or moral principles

they considered colonialism immoral

Syn

base
wrong

contrary to conscience or morality or law

单词	immoral
释义	immoral (once / 823 pages) adj Use the adjective immoral to describe a person, group, or situation that intentionally goes against accepted ideas of what is right, like a government that attacks its own people, or a friend who steals your favorite spatula. Morals are the principles we follow that help us know the difference between right and wrong. When someone is immoral, they make decisions that purposely violate a moral agreement. Immoral is sometimes confused with amoral, which describes someone who has no morals and doesn’t know what right or wrong means. Someone immoral, though, knows the difference and does bad stuff anyway, like that so-called friend who takes your utensils. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS amoral / immoral Both have to do with right and wrong, but amoral means having no sense of either, like a fish, but the evil immoral describes someone who knows the difference, doesn't care, and says "mwah ha ha" while twirling a mustache. If you are amoral, you're not a jerk, you just don't know that what you're doing is wrong. In the 1800s, Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (among other treasures), coined the word amoral to differentiate from immoral. Amoral is generally more descriptive, rather than judgmental: In an age enamored of machines, life becomes amoral, without moral bearings, devoid of moral categories. (Edith Sizoo) Amoral nature committed the crime "the man" could not. (Eye for Film) Immoral is having no morality, being wicked or evil. If you are immoral, you know what society considers right and wrong, yet you do wrong anyway. It's a judgment, no doubt: The bankers who took millions while destroying people's savings: greedy, selfish, and immoral. (Business Week) At best, it is in bad taste and worse, flatly immoral. (Scientific American) If you call someone immoral, you are saying that person knows better. If you call him amoral, you are saying that person does wrong but doesn't understand that it is wrong. It can be a fine line, other times it's clear: If a giant wave turns your boat over, that wave isn't being mean, it's amoral. If another boat rams into you and does the same thing, that is an immoral act, especially if the immoral captain laughs instead of helping you out of the water. WORD FAMILY immoral: immorality, immorally+/amoral: amoralism, amorality, amorally/amoralism: amoralist/amoralist: amoralists/immorality: immoralities/moral: amoral, immoral, moralise, moralism, morality, moralize, morally, morals/moralisation: moralisations/moralise: moralisation, moralised, moralises, moralising/moralism: moralisms, moralist/moralist: moralists/moralistic: moralistically/morality: moralistic, moralities/moralization: moralizations/moralize: moralization, moralized, moralizes, moralizing/moralizing: moralizings USAGE EXAMPLES "It's an illegal, unethical and immoral view of the world," he says. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) Along with seven other people, he was publicly punished for committing “immoral acts,” she said. Los Angeles Times(Dec 26, 2016) “Natural selection is heinously immoral,” he said, invoking Tennyson’s view that nature is “red in tooth and claw.” The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) 1adj deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong Syn\|Ant unchaste not chaste evil morally bad or wrong debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous unrestrained by convention or morality disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation scrofulous morally contaminated unrighteous not righteous wicked morally bad in principle or practice moral concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles chaste morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse) good morally admirable honorable, honourable worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect chaste abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse clean, clean-living morally pure moralistic narrowly and conventionally moral righteous morally justified incorrupt free of corruption or immorality righteous characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice virtuous morally excellent 2adj not adhering to ethical or moral principles they considered colonialism immoral Syn base wrong contrary to conscience or morality or law
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