Moralize

(verb.) improve the morals of.

(verb.) interpret the moral meaning of; 'moralize a story'.

整理:佩吉

• I came here to moralize, not to hear things that make me skip to think of. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Come, don't moralize. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Spying, informing, constant investigations of everybody and everything must become the rule where there is a forcible attempt to moralize society from the top. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The person of the house gave another little laugh, and then nodded her head several times, as who should moralize, 'Oh this world, this world! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• But I forget that I am moralizing in the most interesting part of my tale; and your looks remind me to proceed. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The poet may rebel against any attempt to set limits to his fancy; and he may argue truly that moralizing in verse is not poetry. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• At best, it produces a temporary emotional glow; at worst, callous indifference to moralizing. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Would you turn all the youth of the world into a tragic chorus, wailing and moralizing over misery? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Thus, we talked of them, and moralized, as with diminished numbers we returned to Windsor Castle. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Yet it was quickly learned--'soon gained, soon gone,' moralized the tutor. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Many a better man,' moralizes Tom Tootle with a gloomy shake of the head, 'ain't had his luck. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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