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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.
名词 n.
1.(一社会共同的)习惯;习俗;道德观

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

Mores comes from Latin, plural of mos, "custom." It is related to moral.



All that glitters is not gold.

闪光的不一定都是金子。



I unwrapped a lump of sugar and put  it  in  my  coffee. The sugar didn't get wet.Why?
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