中英互译
sanctimony
英 /ˈsæŋktɪməni/美 /ˈsæŋktəˌmoʊni/
基本释义
- n.假装的圣人气派;假装的虔诚,假装的神圣
双语例句
- 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。
- 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
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。
- sanctimonyFrom Middle French sanctimonie, from Latin sānctimōnia (“sanctity, sacredness; purity, chastity”), from sanctus (“holy”) + -monia (“action or result of an action”).