relating to the standards of good or bad behaviour, fairness, honesty, etc. that each person believes in, rather than to laws

It's her moral obligation to tell the police what she knows. 她把所知道的告诉警方是道义上的责任。

It is not part of a novelist's job to make a moral judgment. 小说家并不需要作道德上的评判。

She was the only politician to condemn the proposed law on moral grounds (= for moral reasons). 她是唯一一个从道义上对提议施行的法律进行谴责的政治家。

The Democrats are attempting to capture the moral high ground (= are trying to appear more honest and good than the other political parties). 民主党试图显出在道义上占优势。

behaving in ways considered by most people to be correct and honest

She's a very moral woman. 她是个品行极为端正的女人。

Oh, stop being so moral! 哦，别这么一本正经！

Is TV responsible for weakening people's moral fibre (= ability to behave well and honestly and work hard)? 电视是否对人们的道德品质下降负有责任？

standards for good or bad character and behaviour

public/private morals 公共／个人道德

old-fashioned disapproving a person of loose morals (= whose character or sexual behaviour is considered unacceptable) 放荡的人

The protagonist of this novel is a politician with dubious morals and ferocious ambition.

The book was banned because of its subject matter and questionable morals.

It was widely regarded as a place of lax morals.

The moral of a story, event, or experience is the message that you understand from it about how you should or should not behave

And the moral of the story is that honesty is always the best policy. 这个故事的寓意是：诚实总是上策。