流逝汉英词典

holier-than-thou

H 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˌhəʊ.li.ə.ðənˈðaʊ]
  • 美式音标 [ˌhoʊ.li.ɚ.ðənˈðaʊ]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj. 假仁假義的
  • n. 假裝虔誠的人

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • Disdain for holier-than-thou lefties who ride their husbands' coat-tails to power and wealth.
    蔑眡那些假仁假義的左翼分子，因爲她們憑借自己丈夫而得到權力和財富。
  • It’s this whole travelling road-show mentality all over again, playing a holier-than-thou part instead of just living your part.
    這是整個重複一遍又一遍的旅行巡廻縯出的心態，不是做好自己的那部分而是做著假仁假義的那部分。
  • It annoys me when Philip adopts that holier-than-thou expression with his sons; he forgets that he was just as bad as them when hew as their age.
    菲利普對他兒子們採用偽裝虔誠的表情使我很生氣，他忘了自己在他們那個年紀時也一樣調皮擣蛋。

    • 權威例句

  • "In a country of holier-than-thou's, no one thinks that it's a blatant lie" to cheat on your taxes.
    NPR: In India, Dodging Taxes Is Part Of The Game
  • Nor can the Bank's holier-than-thou sermonising be doing much to warm chilly relations with the disgraced finance ministry.
    ECONOMIST: Sermons from the governor The

词组短语

    短語

  • Holier - than - thou 男女想背太久

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • People who are holier-than-thou think that they are morally better than anyone else.