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sanctimonious

/sangk-tuh-moh-nee-uhs/US // ˌsæŋk təˈmoʊ ni əs //UK // (ˌsæŋktɪˈməʊnɪəs) //

道貌岸然,神圣的,道貌岸然的人,神圣主义的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.: They resented his sanctimonious comments on immorality in America.
    • : Obsolete. holy; sacred.

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Examples

  • I suspect other people in the group may see him as sanctimonious, too.

  • My son's father-in-law told me, in a text message to a family group, to “not be so sanctimonious.”

  • The sanctimonious, the puritans of all stripes, and the killjoys in general raise the issue annually.

  • It is a sanctimonious doctor show combined with a sanctimonious mob drama—and misses the core of the profession.

  • One purported fan blogged a review calling the interlude “an interminable and sanctimonious speech.”

  • Other terms for Santorum: “religious,” “sanctimonious,” and “God-talker.”

  • The pious, sanctimonious Oscar ceremony is how Hollywood wants to see itself.

  • This contriver of miracles, of a countenance at once sanctimonious, artful and sly, preceded other prelates carrying banners.

  • Just keep up your sanctimonious appearance and stick to your Deacon story, and you'll git off.

  • If he was remorseful, so was she; she never wanted to see his sanctimonious face again.

  • Most learned, fair, and sanctimonious Princess—Plague, what comes next?

  • Of the sanctimonious tone we may say that it has its reward in the almost universal contempt it provokes.