amoral

英 [ˌeɪˈmɒrəl] 美 [ˌeɪˈmɔːrəl]

adj.  不分是非的; 不遵守道德准则的

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BNC.33241 / COCA.22966



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 不分是非的;不遵守道德准则的
    not following any moral rules and not caring about right and wrong

    柯林斯词典

    1. ADJ-GRADED 无道德观念的;不辨是非的
      If you describe someone as amoral, you do not like the way they behave because they do not seem to care whether what they do is right or wrong.
      1. I strongly disagree with this amoral approach to politics...
        我强烈反对这种对待政治不辨是非的态度。
      2. The film was violent and amoral.
        这部电影非常暴力并且无视道德标准。

    双语例句

    1. She was amoral but honest.
      她是个真小人。
    2. I strongly disagree with this amoral approach to politics
      我强烈反对这种对待政治不辨是非的态度。
    3. This is a world of amoral balance-of-power calculations that will help define the 21st century.
      当今世界盛行没有道德原则的均势盘算,将有助于给出21世纪的定义。
    4. Cats are amoral; they can't be censured for killing birds.
      猫不受道德约束,它们杀死鸟儿也不会受责难。
    5. From what little I had heard of him, I decided he must be totally amoral.
      就我所听到有关他的一点儿情况来说,我可以断定他必定是个完全不讲道德的人。
    6. "Myth of Amoral Business" and Reconstruction of Modern Business Ethics
      非道德性神话与现代企业伦理重构
    7. I also think that some bankers have behaved in ways that were profoundly amoral.
      同时我也认为,一些银行家的行为已严重违背道德标准。
    8. Not only do drug companies market their molecules with amoral
      不仅制药公司销售其分子与道德
    9. Relating to or affected with an antisocial personality disorder that is usually characterized by aggressive, perverted, criminal, or amoral behavior.
      与一种通常以侵犯性,变态,犯罪或反道德行为为特征的反社会人格病症有关的或患有此种病症的。
    10. Thirty years ago most psychologists, philosophers and psychiatrists thought that babies and young children were irrational, egocentric and amoral.
      30年以前,不少哲学家、心理学家和精神病学家还认为,婴儿和幼年儿童没有理性思考能力,他们以自我为中心,也不可能产生道德判断。
    11. The society that he depicts is amoral and purposeless.
      他所描述的社会是无道德标准和漫无目的的。
    12. To put it in more general terms: man is moral; woman amoral.
      说得更为笼统些:男子受道德观念的约束,女子则无道德观念可言。
    13. This is an Amoral iceberg, no amount of global warming can warm this one up.
      这是一个不道德的冰山一角,并没有什麽大量的全球变暖暖此一行动。
    14. Indeed, the biggest banks typically hired armies of lawyers to ensure that the letter of the law was respected, even as the spirit was perverted in increasingly creative, amoral ways.
      事实上,大型银行通常会雇用大量律师,以确保法律的字面条文得到遵守尽管法律的精神正受到日益新颖和有违道德的歪曲。
    15. The sickeningly sweet life of the amoral, jaded, bored upper classes ( John Simon)
      不道德的、令人厌腻的、乏味的上层社会那病态的甜蜜生活(约翰西蒙)
    16. It is also a warning, the seemingly amoral goal of international standardization is in fact a shield behind which less public-spirited interests may seek their own ends.
      它也是一个警钟,表面上国际标准化的非道德目标,实际上只是某些私心集团寻求其自己利益的障眼法。
    17. Having no moral quality; amoral.
      无道德的不具有道德性的;非道德。
    18. The idea that lawyers are amoral guns for hire is hardly new.
      认为律师是没有道德的职业杀手的想法并不新鲜。
    19. The United States is obviously not in any position to offer amoral critique of environmental destruction wrought by other nations.
      美国明显的不可能对任何造成环境污染的国家给以道义上的谴责。
    20. His premise is that the free market is amoral, and that capitalist values are antithetical to Christian ones.
      他的结论有个前提,即自由市场是非道德的,资本家的价值观也与基督教价值观不符。
    21. The genius has outstanding ideas, and they must be implemented, even if they are completely amoral.
      天才有着绝顶的想法,而这些想法必须被付诸实行,即若它们是完全不道德的。
    22. He is a person of amoral, with no sense of right or wrong.
      他是一个没有道德观念的人,没有是非对错分辨能力。
    23. What can literature reveal about immoral or amoral individuals that encounters with them in other contexts would leave opaque?
      为什么文学作品中表现的关于邪恶的、不道德的人遭遇离开作品中的环境那么难以理解?
    24. Critics of the US who regard its foreign policy as amoral and nationalistic should meet the Chinese.
      认为美国外交政策不道德和具有民粹主义特点的批评人士应该见一见中国人。
    25. His Ripley has now settled into an amoral way of life, supremely confident in himself, in his skills and in his reading of others.
      尊所扮演的雷普利正过著全无道德的生活,他对于自己的技俩及「阅人」能力极富自信。
    26. Whenever the amoral embrace the immoral, it is then up to the intellectuals and artists to summon ordinary people to find in themselves the courage to fight on.
      当不道德与道德难以区分时,那就是知识分子与艺术家号召百姓找到斗争勇气之日。
    27. You could argue that humans are amoral and what guides them is not any sense of morality but an instinct for survival.
      你可以论辩说,人类是非道德性的,引导他们的不是任何道德感,而是求生存的本能。
    28. Young children are amoral.
      小孩子是不知好歹的。
    29. But even if animals could be proved amoral and immune to pain, human beings would have no basis for even careless treatment of them.
      可是即便证明了动物属于超道德范畴且它们不会感到痛苦人类也提不出对动物漠不关心对待动物的根据。

    同义词辨析

      amoral immoral【导航词义:不道德的】

      amoral adj. 没有道德的,无道德观念的

    〔辨析〕指人没是非观的,但与人本身的道德品质无关。

    〔例证〕
    Children are amoral.
    儿童没有道德意识。
    This man is rough and amoral.
    这个人既粗野,又不讲道德。

      immoral adj. 〈贬〉不道德的,不正派的

    〔辨析〕指人或行为有违道德标准或道德败坏的。

    〔例证〕
    Some people consider vivisection to be immoral.
    一些人认为活体解剖是不道德的。
    He is an immoral young man.
    他是一个不正派的年轻人。