If a person, a company, or even a storm is amoral, it does not live by moral rules at all — not “good,” not “bad,” just outside that game. This is not the same as immoral, though native speakers mix the two all the time, even in newspapers.

If a person, a company, or even a storm如果一個人、一間公司，甚至一場風暴，is amoral是amoral的，it does not live by moral rules at all那就是完全不受道德規則約束——not "good," not "bad,"不是「好」，也不是「壞」，just outside that game只是在那套規則之外。This is not the same as immoral這跟immoral不一樣，though native speakers mix the two all the time雖然母語人士常常把兩者混用，even in newspapers連報紙上都會。

Immoral is when you are supposed to know right from wrong and you break the rule. Amoral is when those rules are not in the picture.

Immoral is when是immoral的情況是，you are supposed to know right from wrong你本來應該知道對錯，and you break the rule卻還是打破了規則。Amoral is when是amoral的情況是，those rules are not in the picture那些規則根本不在考慮範圍裡。

A cat that kills a bird is not wicked in the human sense; people call that amoral. A business that only asks “is it legal and profitable?” and never “is it decent?” is amoral in a colder, criticising way.

A cat that kills a bird一隻殺了鳥的貓，is not wicked in the human sense不是人類意義上的邪惡；people call that amoral大家會說那是amoral。A business that only asks一間公司如果只問"is it legal and profitable?"這合不合法、賺不賺錢，and never "is it decent?"卻從來不問這樣正不正當，is amoral in a colder, criticising way那就是一種比較冷、帶點批評意味的amoral。

Scientists sometimes say nature is amoral: it is not kind and not cruel.

Scientists sometimes say科學家有時候會說，nature is amoral大自然是amoral的：it is not kind and not cruel它既不仁慈也不殘忍。

The word is fairly formal. At the dinner table you are more likely to hear “they have no morals” or “they don’t care what’s right,” which is looser and often sounds more like immoral.

The word is fairly formal這個字算滿正式的。At the dinner table在餐桌上聊天時，you are more likely to hear你比較可能聽到的是"they have no morals" or "they don't care what's right,"「他們沒有道德」或「他們才不管對不對」，which is looser這比較鬆散，and often sounds more like immoral而且聽起來反而比較像immoral。

Though actually, philosophers argue about whether a human can truly be amoral, or whether everyone has some code. For your English, keep the simple contrast: immoral = against morals; amoral = without them.

Though actually不過事實上，philosophers argue about哲學家會爭論，whether a human can truly be amoral一個人能不能真正做到amoral，or whether everyone has some code還是說每個人多少都有一套自己的準則。For your English對你學英文來說，keep the simple contrast記住這個簡單的對比就好：immoral = against morals immoral是違反道德；amoral = without them amoral是根本沒有道德這回事。