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

• A sickening sanctimonious smile.
  令人作呕的伪装神圣的笑容。
• We must be of the company of the sanctimonious, those who live to judge others.
  我们必定与假装神圣者们为伍，他们的活着就是为了评判别人。
• It's that sanctimonious air that people can't stand& small wonder he's laughed at.
  人们所不能容忍的就是他那副假正经的样子难怪他要受到嘲笑。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He writes smug, sanctimonious rubbish
  他写的都是些自我陶醉、故作清高的垃圾作品。
• The Salwens also are troubled that some people are reacting negatively to their project, seeing them as sanctimonious showoffs.
  萨尔文家还遇到了其他麻烦。一些人对他们的行为并无好感，认为他们不过是在虚心假意地作秀。
• 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。