The black teapot, being very small and easily filled, ran over while Mrs. Corney was moralising; and the water slightly scalded Mrs. Corney's hand.

黑色的茶壶很小，很容易装满，在科尼夫人说教的时候跑过来了；水稍微烫伤了科尼太太的手。

By contrast, officials involved in the creation of the IMF insisted that it avoid developing what Keynes referred to as " grandmotherly powers" , meaning finger-wagging, moralising strictures that unduly curtailed the freedom of member states.

相比之下，参与创建国际货币基金组织的官员们坚持主张，要避免发展凯恩斯所指的“祖母式权力”，也就是说，避免训诫说教、苛责批评，过度限制成员国的自由。

" No matter, " said Homais. " I am surprised that in our days, in this century of enlightenment, anyone should still persist in proscribing an intellectual relaxation that is inoffensive, moralising, and sometimes even hygienic; is it not, doctor" ?

" 没关系！" 奥默说， " 我觉得奇怪的是，到了今天，到了一个光明的世纪，既然可以读《圣经》，为什么要禁止看放松精神的戏剧，禁止读无害而有益健康的文学、读警恶扬善的文学呢？ 博士，你说呢？"