本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛mores \MOR-ayz; -eez\, plural noun:
1. The fixed customs of a particular group that are morally binding upon all members of the group.
2. Moral attitudes.
3. Customs; habits; ways.
But even before that, the increasing secularization and urbanization of society, the employment of women in large numbers and diverse occupations, the suffragette movement (culminating in the acquisition of the vote after the war), the widespread practice and, no less important, the candid discussion of contraception, the advent of automobiles providing an unprecedented degree of mobility and freedom -- all of these led to a relaxation of traditional social and sexual mores.
--Gertrude Himmelfarb, One Nation, Two Cultures
Colonel William Mann, after all, proved a thorn in society's side because he claimed to understand its mores, to have found out just how his presumed betters were violating the code that should have governed them, and then rebuked them by wielding it not only more expertly than they did but more lethally.
--Mark Caldwell, A Short History of Rudeness
Usually the laws mirror the mores of the populace in this regard, though at times they run ahead, and at times they lag behind.
--Daniel C. Maguire, "Death, Legal and Illegal," The Atlantic, February 1974
In much the same bold spirit, I rapidly absorbed the other gestures, turns of phrase and exclamations popular among my peers, as well as grasping the deeper mores and etiquettes prevailing in my new surroundings.
--Kazuo Ishiguro, When We Were Orphans
Artists rebelled against the stodgy mores of the bourgeoisie.
--David Brooks, "The Organization Kid," The Atlantic, April 2001更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
1. The fixed customs of a particular group that are morally binding upon all members of the group.
2. Moral attitudes.
3. Customs; habits; ways.
But even before that, the increasing secularization and urbanization of society, the employment of women in large numbers and diverse occupations, the suffragette movement (culminating in the acquisition of the vote after the war), the widespread practice and, no less important, the candid discussion of contraception, the advent of automobiles providing an unprecedented degree of mobility and freedom -- all of these led to a relaxation of traditional social and sexual mores.
--Gertrude Himmelfarb, One Nation, Two Cultures
Colonel William Mann, after all, proved a thorn in society's side because he claimed to understand its mores, to have found out just how his presumed betters were violating the code that should have governed them, and then rebuked them by wielding it not only more expertly than they did but more lethally.
--Mark Caldwell, A Short History of Rudeness
Usually the laws mirror the mores of the populace in this regard, though at times they run ahead, and at times they lag behind.
--Daniel C. Maguire, "Death, Legal and Illegal," The Atlantic, February 1974
In much the same bold spirit, I rapidly absorbed the other gestures, turns of phrase and exclamations popular among my peers, as well as grasping the deeper mores and etiquettes prevailing in my new surroundings.
--Kazuo Ishiguro, When We Were Orphans
Artists rebelled against the stodgy mores of the bourgeoisie.
--David Brooks, "The Organization Kid," The Atlantic, April 2001更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net