mores
词根词缀:
demoralize v. 使士气消沉
de 非 + moral 道德 + ize 使… → 使没有士气 → 使士气消沉
moral adj. 道德的
mor 道德 + al …的 → 道德的
morale n. 士气
mor 道德 + ale →〔一群人〕有道德精神 → 士气
mores n. 道德观念;风俗
mor 道德 + es → 道德观念;风俗
数据来源:新东方英语词汇速记大全
相关例句:
I'm speaking to a set of Cultural Praxis and mores.
我所说的是一系列文化风俗。
They assumed that immigrants would quickly adopt the mores of their host societies.
他们认为,移民会很快入乡随俗,向主流社会靠近。
Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them.
广告反映社会的风俗人情,却不能影响它们。
China, or any other state, has the right to take action against content it feels offends against its social and cultural mores.
中国与任何别的国家一样,都有权采取行动,抵制它觉得冒犯了自身社会与文化习俗的内容。
If I had to summarize China's new grand strategy, I would do it, Chinese-style, as the Four "Mores": Consume more, import more, invest abroad more and innovate more.
如果要我总结中国的新战略,我将按照中国式的四个“习惯”进行:提高消费,扩大进口,增加海外投资和加大创新。
America is not blind nor indifferent to the problems of poverty, even if its rich and poor increasingly live separate lives in separate neighbourhoods, and with different social mores.
尽管美国的穷人和富人日益在分开的区域内过着不同的生活,并有着不同的社会习俗,美国并不是对贫困问题漠不关心或忽视它们。