immoral

adjective
🔊/ɪˈmɒrəl/
🔊/ɪˈmɔːrəl/
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  1. (of people and their behaviour人及其行为) not considered to be good or honest by most people不道德的;邪恶的
    • It's immoral to steal.偷盗是不道德的。🔊🔊
    • There's nothing immoral about wanting to earn more money.想多赚点钱没什么不道德。🔊🔊
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    • He condemned the government's action as immoral.他谴责政府的行为不道德。
    • Don't you think it's immoral to leave thousands of children without an education?您不认为让成千上万的儿童接受教育是不道德的吗?
    • I think this is an unjust and immoral war.我认为这是一场非正义的、邪恶的战争。
    • The current president is both inefficient and immoral.现任总统既低效又不道德。
    Topics Personal qualitiesb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • condemn somebody/​something as
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
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  2. not following accepted standards of sexual behaviour放荡的;淫荡的
    • an immoral act/life/person淫荡的举动/生活/人
    • They were charged with living off immoral earnings (= money earned by working as a prostitute).她们被控靠卖淫为生。🔊🔊
  3. compare amoral, moral