sanctimonious
英 [ˌsæŋktɪˈməʊniəs]
美 [ˌsæŋktɪˈmoʊniəs]
adj. 装作圣洁的; 伪善的; 道貌岸然的
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.- He writes smug, sanctimonious rubbish...
他写的都是些自我陶醉、故作清高的垃圾作品。 - You sanctimonious little hypocrite!
你这个道貌岸然的伪君子！
- He writes smug, sanctimonious rubbish...
英英释义
adj
- excessively or hypocritically pious
- a sickening sanctimonious smile
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - You sanctimonious little hypocrite!
你这个道貌岸然的伪君子！ - He writes smug, sanctimonious rubbish
他写的都是些自我陶醉、故作清高的垃圾作品。 - A sickening sanctimonious smile.
令人作呕的伪装神圣的笑容。 - 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。