morally
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mor·al·ly /ˈmɒrəli $ ˈmɔː-/ ●○○ adverb 1 GOOD/MORALaccording to moral principles about what is right and wrong 道德上，道义上 What you did wasn’t illegal, but it was morally wrong. 你做的事并不违法，但从道义上讲是不对的。 There is a belief that village life is somehow morally superior to city life. 有些人认为乡村生活在道德方面从某种程度上说高于城市生活。 Such hypocrisy is morally indefensible. 这样的虚伪在道德上是说不过去的。 The Constitution is not morally neutral but is based on certain central values. 宪法不是道德上中立，而是以某些中心价值观为基础。2 morally certain old-fashionedPROBABLY certain about something that cannot be proved 确信但不能证明 I am morally certain that he is incapable of deliberately harming anyone. 我可以肯定他是不会故意伤害他人的。Examples from the Corpus
morally• It is often difficult to behave morally.• His stark little ploy may succeed in appealing to the sartorially challenged, but the morally ambiguous generation behind him?• This Society aimed to popularise sanitary knowledge and thus to elevate the people physically, socially, morally and spiritually.• Had you said I was morally at fault because I was involved with some one, that would have been another story.• The conservative critique along such lines argues that liberalism is morally bankrupt.• Identification with one's community is, though not morally obligatory, a desirable state, at least if that community is reasonably just.• The government is morally obliged to do all it can for the refugees.• We are morally opposed to capital punishment.• He was morally opposed to the war.• Gao Yang glared at the would-be murderer feeling morally superior to some one for the first time in his life.• Both acts are morally wrong - Edward should not have abused his divine right and curried favour by dishing out peerages.• My belief that abortion is morally wrong is not based on religion.• It is morally wrong to punish someone for something they did not do.morally wrong• Such testimony was not necessarily regarded as morally wrong.• Why is insider dealing morally wrong?• No one says fire is morally wrong, and those who burn things are not inherently immoral.• Both acts are morally wrong - Edward should not have abused his divine right and curried favour by dishing out peerages.• Killing the customs officer is morally wrong, of course.• I think it is morally wrong, though legally sanctioned by the new law.• It would be morally wrong to do otherwise.• On the other hand, the child who has some expectation that Lying will go unpunished sees nothing morally wrong with lying.mor·al·ly adverbChineseSyllable
what principles and right about is according wrong Corpus moral to
morally
mor‧al‧ly /ˈmɒrəli $ ˈmɔː-/
adverb
What you did wasn’t illegal, but it was morally wrong.
There is a belief that village life is somehow morally superior to city life.
Such hypocrisy is morally indefensible.
The Constitution is not morally neutral but is based on certain central values.
2. morally certain old-fashioned certain about something that cannot be proved:
I am morally certain that he is incapable of deliberately harming anyone.
mor‧al‧ly /ˈmɒrəli $ ˈmɔː-/
adverb Word Family: noun: moral, morals, morality ≠ immorality, moralist, amorality; adjective: moral ≠ immoral, amoral, moralistic; verb: moralize; adverb: morally ≠ immorally
1. according to moral principles about what is right and wrong: 2. morally certain old-fashioned certain about something that cannot be proved: