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sanctimony

/ˈsæŋktɪməni/ /ˈsæŋktəˌmoʊni/
  • n.
    假装的圣人气派;假装的虔诚,假装的神圣

双语例句

  1. No, if you haven't lived through 1998, you don't know what sanctimony is.
    不,如果你没有经历过一九九八,你是不会明白什么叫做伪道德的。
  2. Handguns should be licensed, but that hardly excuses the convenient sanctimony of blaming the crime on the weapon, rather than on what resides in the human mind.
    手枪应该配有执照,但这不足以成为现成的伪善的借口,把罪过全归于武器,却不考虑人的头脑中想的东西。

同根词

adj.
sanctimonious假装虔诚的;假装圣洁的;假装诚实的
sanctified认可的,批准的;神圣化的
adv.
sanctimoniously伪善地;伪装虔诚地
n.
sanctity圣洁;尊严;神圣不可侵犯性
sanctification神圣化,神灵化
sanctimoniousness伪善;假装虔诚;道貌岸然
sanctitude圣洁;神圣

英英释义

  • n.the quality of being hypocritically devout

词源

  • sanctimony假装神圣,假装虔诚,伪善,虚伪
    sanct-,神圣的,-mony,名词后缀。词义贬义化。
  • sanctimony
    From Middle French sanctimonie, from Latin sānctimōnia ‎(“sanctity, sacredness; purity, chastity”), from sanctus ‎(“holy”) + -monia ‎(“action or result of an action”).