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

• 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。
• 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。”
• 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。
• 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。
• The German authorities were wrong to try to pin the blame on Spanish farmers. But there was something more to the subsequent backlash a sense in the commentary of other Europeans that "sanctimonious" Germany was getting its just deserts.
  德国官方固然不该试图把责任推给西班牙农民，但由此激起的强烈反应却有更深一层的含义在其它欧洲国家的评论中，这纯粹是“道貌岸然”的德国人咎由自取。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。