137【讲解】静姐考研英语每日一句 I 2019英二T4-01

每日长难句 137

原句：

They could even be harmful, satisfying a need to have "done our bit" without ever progressing onto bigger, bolder, more effective actions—a kind of "moral licensing" / that eases our concerns and stops us doing more and asking more of those in charge.

【2019 英语二 Text4】

分析：

📝主句：

They could even be harmful…a kind of "moral licensing"

📝从句

that eases our concerns and stops us doing more and asking more of those in charge

(定语从句)

📝平行结构

• eases our concerns and stops us
• doing more and asking more of those in charge

生词：

✅do one's bit 尽某人的本分

✅bold adj. 果敢的，无畏的

✅moral licensing 道德许可效应（指人们在做出积极正面的时候，往往会放纵自己、降低对自己的道德要求）

✅in charge 主管，负责

译文：

它们甚至可能产生危害，满足人们“已尽本分”的（心理）需求，是人们不愿进一步采取更重大、更果敢、更有效的行动——这一“道德许可（效应）”会减轻人们的顾虑，让人们止步不前，不去做更多的事、对当权者提出更多的要求。