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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。”