跨過是非的線
這一家就是核心本身，加上它在「行為端正與否」這個特定領域裡的收窄用法。
morally wrong · adjective · B2
Morally wrong — used about an action, a plan, or a person that you believe is wrong and should not be accepted, even when no law is broken.
不道德的
核心畫面
A line drawn by people, not by law — and this word points at someone over it. You can picture a plan or an action that breaks no rule on paper, yet still makes people say: that is wrong. The judgement comes from a shared sense of right and wrong, not from a court.
有一條線不是法律畫的，而是人心裡畫的——這個字指的就是「跨過那條線」的行為。想像一件事完全不犯法，沒有任何條文管得到…更多收起
有一條線不是法律畫的，而是人心裡畫的——這個字指的就是「跨過那條線」的行為。想像一件事完全不犯法，沒有任何條文管得到，可是大家看了還是會說「這樣不對」。immoral 指的正是這一種錯：它的裁判不是法官，而是眾人共同的是非感。字首 im- 把 moral（合乎道德的）整個翻面，所以這個字不是「沒想過道德」，而是「明明有那條線，卻站到了錯的那一邊」。One branch
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
immoraladj/ɪˈmɒɹəl/
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Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.)
- Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
- Lessons from history remind us that immoral societies don’t last very long and that the saying, “Good will be rewarded and evil will incur punishment” is a truism, reminding us of the proper way to behave—for our own benefit and that of others.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。