sanctimonious
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌsæŋk.tɪˈməʊ.ni.əs]
- 美式音标 [ˌsæŋk.təˈmoʊ.ni.əs]
- 国际音标 [,sæŋkti'məuniəs]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 假装虔诚的；假装圣洁的；假装诚实的
词根记忆
- sanct(神圣的) + i + moni(音似：模拟) + ous(…的)→模拟神圣的→假装神圣的
同根派生
- adv性质的同根词
- sanctimoniously：伪善地；伪装虔诚地。
- n性质的同根词
- sanctity：圣洁；尊严；神圣不可侵犯性。
- sanctimoniousness：伪善；假装虔诚；道貌岸然。
- sanctimony：假装的圣人气派；假装的虔诚，假装的神圣。
- sanctitude：圣洁；神圣。
- vt性质的同根词
- sanctify：使圣洁；使神圣化；把…奉献给神；认可。
英汉例句
- Though most of the critical letters were sanctimonious in tone (and presumptuous about all the mistakes I'd made), not all of them were.
大部分持批评态度的人都会（对我所犯下的所有过错）假装虔诚，，但我知道他们并非真的如此。 - 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、反对捕鲸的欧盟国家做得好的多。 - It is true that some of the site's commentators are vicious, shrill and sanctimonious; their posts can be cherry-picked and broadcast as evidence of left-wing lunacy.
确实，网站的某些评论员狠毒刺耳、假装圣洁; 他们的网文可以被刻意地挑选出来，作为左派精神错乱的证据加以传播。 - Sanctimonious industry regulators might want to take a gander at the stock symbols for Corinthian Colleges, Inc.
FORBES: PhD Stockbroker Fined And Suspended For Dubious Degree - Macy as a sanctimonious anti-smoking senator from Vermont who has a collection of maple-syrup bottles in his office.
NEWYORKER: Thank You For Smoking - Obama and his minions such as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) heap sanctimonious vilification upon the Republican leaders.
FORBES: Obama's Default: Taking The "Closing The Washington Monument" Maneuver Thermonuclear
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- sanctimonious words 假装圣洁的言词
- be sanctimonious 一本正经
- sanctimonious sermonising 伪善的训斥
- Seeing Them As Sanctimonious 认为他们在伪善
- is a sanctimonious prick 小刘儿
短语
英英字典
- acting as if morally better than others
- If you say that someone is sanctimonious, you disapprove of them because you think that they are trying to appear morally better than other people.