pecksniffian / pɛkˈsnɪf i ən /

啄木鸟啄食者

pecksniffian 的定义

adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.

pecksniffian 近义词

adj. 形容词 adjective

hypocritical

更多pecksniffian例句

  1. Of course, one should be cautious here, so as not to seem merely puritanical or Pecksniffian.
  2. He was, after a fashion, a Pecksniffian man, this Henry Ham.
  3. He posed as the Pecksniffian leader of Reform and the reform he advocated always meant the lash for the man who toils.
  4. At all events, Philadelphia is the most pecksniffian of American cities, and thus probably leads the world.
  5. Piety was certainly hers, in a Pecksniffian sense, but the commercial instinct leavened the loaf.