sanctimonious
英 [ˌsæŋktɪˈməʊniəs]
美 [ˌsæŋktɪˈmoʊniəs]
adj. 装作圣洁的; 伪善的; 道貌岸然的
BNC.33165 / COCA.24464
牛津词典
adj.
- 装作圣洁的;伪善的;道貌岸然的
giving the impression that you feel you are better and more moral than other people
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 假装高尚的;伪善的
If you say that someone issanctimonious, you disapprove of them because you think that they are trying to appear morally better than other people.- He writes smug, sanctimonious rubbish...
他写的都是些自我陶醉、故作清高的垃圾作品。 - You sanctimonious little hypocrite!
你这个道貌岸然的伪君子!
- He writes smug, sanctimonious rubbish...
英英释义
adj
- excessively or hypocritically pious
- a sickening sanctimonious smile
双语例句
- I was aware even as I spoke how sanctimonious I sounded.
甚至当我说话时,我都意识到我听上去是多么伪善。 - Instead, Icahn spent half an hour calling ackman a "crybaby," a "major loser," and either "the most sanctimonious guy I met in my life or just arrogant."
可结果,伊坎有半个小时的时间在辱骂阿克曼,说他是“爱哭鬼”,是一个“彻头彻尾的失败者”,要么是“我毕生见过最道貌岸然的家伙,要么就是傲慢自大。” - The most horrible thing is to quit and deserted, culminating in a seemingly sanctimonious pseudo-scholars.
最可怕的事莫过于知难而退,临阵脱逃,继而变成一个道貌岸然的伪学者。 - What is more, Norway and Iceland point out, they have managed their fish stocks much better than the sanctimonious whale-lovers of the European Union.
而且,挪威和冰岛还指出,它们在管理鱼群方面要比那些道貌岸然、对捕鲸的欧盟国家做得好的多。 - Common people and sanctimonious scholar possibly blamed Su Dongpo for spoiling his own reputation but Su Dongpo himself sniffed at reputation, caring for nothing about it.
一般世俗人士、道貌岸然的学者们,可能会责怪苏子,不知爱惜自己的名声、清誉。可是苏子本人却对所谓名声、清誉,嗤之以鼻,毫不在意。 - You do not have to be so sanctimonious to prove that you are devout.
您不必如此伪善,证明你是虔诚的。 - A sickening sanctimonious smile.
令人作呕的伪装神圣的笑容。 - But Thomas Jefferson is the founder who sticks in the craw of the sanctimonious American right.
但是,托马斯杰弗逊是令美国右翼不爽的开国先贤。 - This doctor is a dissembler, apparently be sanctimonious, actual begin is cruel-hearted poison.
这个博士是个伪君子,表面上道貌岸然,实际上手狠心毒。 - His frog-like face grew calmer, and even took on a slightly sanctimonious expression.
他的青蛙脸平静了一些,甚至有了一种稍带神圣的表情。