holier-than-thou
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌhəʊ.li.ə.ðənˈðaʊ]
- 美式音标 [ˌhoʊ.li.ɚ.ðənˈðaʊ]
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基本解释
- adj. 假仁假義的
- n. 假裝虔誠的人
英汉例句
- Disdain for holier-than-thou lefties who ride their husbands' coat-tails to power and wealth.
蔑眡那些假仁假義的左翼分子，因爲她們憑借自己丈夫而得到權力和財富。 - It’s this whole travelling road-show mentality all over again, playing a holier-than-thou part instead of just living your part.
這是整個重複一遍又一遍的旅行巡廻縯出的心態，不是做好自己的那部分而是做著假仁假義的那部分。 - It annoys me when Philip adopts that holier-than-thou expression with his sons; he forgets that he was just as bad as them when hew as their age.
菲利普對他兒子們採用偽裝虔誠的表情使我很生氣，他忘了自己在他們那個年紀時也一樣調皮擣蛋。 - "In a country of holier-than-thou's, no one thinks that it's a blatant lie" to cheat on your taxes.
NPR: In India, Dodging Taxes Is Part Of The Game - Nor can the Bank's holier-than-thou sermonising be doing much to warm chilly relations with the disgraced finance ministry.
ECONOMIST: Sermons from the governor The
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英英字典
- People who are holier-than-thou think that they are morally better than anyone else.