sanctimonious

英 [ˌsæŋktɪˈməʊniəs]

美 [ˌsæŋktɪˈmoʊniəs]

adj.  装作圣洁的; 伪善的; 道貌岸然的

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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.
  1. He writes smug, sanctimonious rubbish...
     他写的都是些自我陶醉、故作清高的垃圾作品。
  2. You sanctimonious little hypocrite!
     你这个道貌岸然的伪君子！

英英释义

adj

• excessively or hypocritically pious
  1. a sickening sanctimonious smile
  Synonym:holier-than-thoupietisticpietisticalpharisaicpharisaicalself-righteous

双语例句

• 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。”
• He was donned in his Sunday garments, with his most sanctimonious and sourest face, and, holding his hat in one hand and his stick in the other, he proceeded to clean his shoes on the mat.
  他穿着他过礼拜日的衣服，绷着他那张伪善透顶的、阴沉的脸，一只手拿着帽子，一只手拿着手杖，他开始在垫子上擦他的皮鞋。
• It might get some satisfaction from seeing sanctimonious Europeans being hit by the kind of problems they once predicted for Asia.
  看到伪善的欧洲人正在遭受他们曾预言会出现在亚洲身上的那类问题的打击，中国可能会感受到些许快意。
• But they do require the us to be more pragmatic and less sanctimonious.
  但它们确实要求美国更为务实，更加真诚。
• Judging by the content of this show, she might garrotte, kick, shoot or whip any antagonist, then make a sanctimonious speech about world peace over their broken and bleeding body.
  从本场演唱会的内容判断，麦当娜可能会绞杀、脚踢、射杀或者鞭打任何与她作对的人，然后假装虔诚地站在他们破碎流血的身体上发表一番关于世界和平的演说。
• 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。
• 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。
• He writes smug, sanctimonious rubbish
  他写的都是些自我陶醉、故作清高的垃圾作品。
• A sickening sanctimonious smile.
  令人作呕的伪装神圣的笑容。
• 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。