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pi·ous
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piously (adv.), piousness (n.)
词根:pious
adv.piously 虔诚地
adjective
marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship
marked by conspicuous religiosity
a hypocrite—a thing all pious words and uncharitable deeds—Charles Reade
sacred or devotional as distinct from the profane or secular : religious
a pious opinion
showing loyal reverence for a person or thing : dutiful
marked by sham or hypocrisy
marked by self-conscious virtue : virtuous
deserving commendation : worthy
a pious effort
15世纪中期,“具有或旨在表现对至高无上的存在的信仰和崇敬”,源自拉丁语 pius “尽责、虔诚、有良心、宗教的; 对亲属忠诚; 受友情启发,受自然感情驱使”,也许[德·范、克莱因]与拉丁语 purus “纯净、清洁”有关,通过一个 PIE *pu-io- “净化”(见 pure),但确切的发展仍有争议。
在古典罗马的意义上,“对父母和其他应该受到尊重和爱护的人表现出应有的尊重和爱护”在1620年代被证明在英语中存在。在宗教意义上,有时表示在宗教的假象下或为了善良的目的而实践(1630年代),在这个意义上经常与 fraud(n.)结合使用。相关: Piously; piousness。
Middle English, from Latin pius
The first known use of pious was in the 15th century
piousadjective
having or showing love for deity : devout
displaying great loyalty to a person or thing (as a family, custom, or philosophy)
marked by a false show of goodness
a pious fraud
deserving praise : worthy
a pious effort
piousadjective
having or showing love for deity : devout
displaying great loyalty to a person or thing (as a family, custom, or philosophy)
marked by a false show of goodness
a pious fraud
deserving praise : worthy
a pious effort
1 They were pious people.
他们是虔信宗教的人.
2 As a pious man..he'll have in mind his duty to God.
3 We must ask to what extent, and at however unconscious a level, a conflict arises in the pious political mind when it is sworn to uphold the civil religion of the Constitution.
4 Though he was not a pious man, the carving made him feel less alone here in this queer alien city, and it was to that he had turned in the black watches of night.
5 The Lawrence family was pious in the manner of northern Midwestern Lutherans, religion serving as much as the warp and woof of the community fabric as a source of personal succor or theological speculation.
6 They were dolls dressed up, insipid in blue and white, pious and lifeless.
7 Christy wore a pious look, as if God Himself had just come down from heaven to sit on her desk.
8 I yawned, uninspired yet again by the pious and beautiful Susanna.
9 They had to give in to so pious a purpose, and they agreed to wait until the work was finished.
10 A towering man with a dense mustache, Emmett, as Tom’s father liked to be called, was poor, stern, hardworking, and pious.
11 Resentment has spread from Chinese and Indians to poor or pious Malays.
从华人印度人,到劳苦大众,到虔诚的马来人,无不心中激起怒火。
12 With a pious mind, they asked for God's blessings.
以此虔诚的心理求神保佑.
13 Astrology developed into a strange combination of observations, mathematics and careful record-keeping with fuzzy thinking and pious fraud.
14 Too often when we do this, however, we make a lot of pious noises to mask how low that value is.
15 Members of the community were considered holy and pious by outsiders of their group.
社区成员被认为是神圣和虔诚的外来者的集团.
16 The pious Sweater would attribute it to idleness or incapacity.
这位虔诚的斯韦特就会把原因归之于懒惰成性或者缺乏才能.
17 ...an expression of pious innocence.
假装无辜的表情
18 Hawthorne is a pious Christian, and is deeply influenced by the theology.
霍桑是一个虔诚的基督徒, 并深受神学的影响.
19 His attitude is compassionate without being pious.
他的态度是真心实意的同情。
20 This father was a good man, a kind gentle man, perhaps a pious man, perhaps a holy man—but all these were not qualities which could win the boy.
1 虚伪
synthetic hollow hypocritical slimy pseudo Jesuitical hypocrisy pretence hollow-hearted false artificial affected untrue sly
2 笃信宗教
3 顺从
soft passive compliant manageable obedient resigned conformable pliant complaisant nonresistant compliable resignation acquiescence comply acquiesce serve resign buckle under get out of line
5 神圣
holy spiritual divine sacred blessed heavenly solemn venerable ethereal godlike sacral sacrosanct numinous hieratic sainted inviolate holiness sanctity halidom bless sanctify consecrate hallow
6 神圣的
holy spiritual divine sacred blessed heavenly solemn venerable ethereal godlike sacral sacrosanct numinous hieratic sainted inviolate
7 笃信宗教的
9 可嘉的
10 笃信的
11 伪善
hypocritical two-faced goody-goody crocodilian Pharisaic double-faced Pecksniffian hypocritically self-righteously hypocrisy self-righteousness tartuffe sanctimoniousness Pharisaism sanctimonious piously sanctimoniously goody sail under false colors prudish sham play-acting self-righteous insincere pharisaic pharisaical hypocritic pecksniffian insincerity sanctimony pharisaism Victorian two-sided canting dissimulation Tartuffery
12 尽责的
13 道貌岸然的
14 难以实现的
15 虔诚
pietistical holy religious godly devout reverent worshipful prayerful reverential pietistic heavenly-minded worshipingly reverently devoutly piously reverentially devotionally theopathy heavenly-mindedness piety pietism religiousness devoutness piousness god-fearing religiously devotion true convinced practising fervent God-fearing fervently pi divine holily sanctity religiosity dedicate good faithful strongly held holiness go-to-meeting church serious unctuous heavenly minded Christian fearful
16 伪善的
hypocritical two-faced goody-goody crocodilian Pharisaic double-faced Pecksniffian sanctimonious goody prudish self-righteous insincere pharisaic pharisaical hypocritic pecksniffian Victorian two-sided canting
17 道貌岸然
18 孝敬
19 不可能实现的
20 假正经
22 值得称赞的
23 笃信
24 恭敬的
25 假虔诚
26 虚伪的
synthetic hollow hypocritical slimy pseudo Jesuitical artificial insincere Janus-faced pseud hollow-hearted false affected untrue sly
27 顺从的
soft passive compliant manageable obedient resigned conformable pliant complaisant nonresistant compliable
29 虔诚的
pietistical holy religious godly devout reverent worshipful prayerful reverential pietistic heavenly-minded god-fearing good faithful committed true convinced practising fervent God-fearing pi divine dedicate strongly held piety go-to-meeting church serious devotion unctuous heavenly minded Christian fearful
30 信神的