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单词 moralize
释义 mor·al·ize
\ˈmȯrəˌlīz, ˈmär-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Usage: see -ize
Etymology: Middle English moralysen, from Middle French moraliser, probably from Medieval Latin moralizare, from Latin moralis moral + Late Latin -izare -ize
transitive verb
1. : to explain or interpret morally : draw a moral from or furnish with a moral meaning
 < always posed an insoluble problem for those who would moralize the play — D.P.Harding >
2.
 a. : to give a moral quality or direction to : make aware of or subject to the influence of moral values
  < the sentiments and force of will are neutral … and may become antisocial unless they are moralizedGeneral Education in a Free Society >
  < has always felt strongly the compulsion to moralize his fellowmen — Asher Moore >
 b. : to make more moral : improve the morals or moral conduct of
  < modern efforts to moralize business and to subordinate profit seeking to humane ends — Walter Lippmann >
3. archaic : to make more tolerable : bring into a better state of mind by moral speech or reflection
intransitive verb
: to make moral reflections : talk, write, or think in moral terms
 < the tendency to moralize upon the relations of beauty to conduct — Bliss Perry >
 < never descends to the sermonizing and moralizing that filled so many pages in Victorian histories — Saturday Review >
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