pecksniffery
/pek-snif-ee-uhn/US // pɛkˈsnɪf i ən //UK // (pɛkˈsnɪfɪən) //
啄木鸟,嗅觉,啄木鸟计划,啄食
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as incant
Synonyms
deceit骗术,骗局,欺骗,骗人dishonesty不诚实行为,不诚实的行为,不诚实,坏事humbug胡说八道,胡说乱道,胡扯,谣言hypocrisy虚伪性,伪善,虚伪,虚伪行为insincerity虚伪性,假意,不真诚,虚伪pomposity浮夸风,浮夸,虚张声势,浮夸风气pretense幌子,伪装,矫饰,虚假pretentiousness装腔作势,自命不凡,伪装,矫情sanctimoniousness神圣性,圣洁性,神圣主义,圣洁sanctimony圣洁性,圣言,亵渎,圣洁show显示,展示,显示出,表明affected piety虔诚,虔诚的信徒,虔诚度,虔诚心hypocriticalness虚伪性,伪善,假正经,伪善性lip service口头服务,唇语服务,唇齿相依,唇齿服务pharisaicalness讽刺性,厌恶性,犹太教,讽刺性的东西pious platitudes虔诚的陈词滥调,虔诚的老生常谈,虔诚的陈词sham holiness虚伪的圣洁,虚伪的神圣性,虚假的圣洁,虚伪的神圣
Examples
Of course, one should be cautious here, so as not to seem merely puritanical or Pecksniffian.
He was, after a fashion, a Pecksniffian man, this Henry Ham.
He posed as the Pecksniffian leader of Reform and the reform he advocated always meant the lash for the man who toils.
At all events, Philadelphia is the most pecksniffian of American cities, and thus probably leads the world.
Piety was certainly hers, in a Pecksniffian sense, but the commercial instinct leavened the loaf.
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