pious
pious 英 [ˈpaɪəs] 美 [ˈpaɪəs]
adj. 虔诚的；敬神的；可嘉的；尽责的
- If someone is deeply religious and visibly follows all the moral and ethical codes of his religion, he is pious. Don't become a priest if you're not prepared to live a pious life.
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- adj. 虔诚的；敬神的；可嘉的；尽责的
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1. It has to be said that the old Bousque woman, as old as she was, had not become pious with age, an unusual state of affairs in this part of the country.
这得说像这个博斯克老太太这样老的人，随着年岁的增长也没有变得虔诚，在这个国家这么一个地区来讲可是件非同寻常的事。
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2. My one sufficient object was to greet that pious friend of mine, the Apostle Eliot, and rejoice with him over the many precious souls he hath won from heathendom!
我唯一的目的是去问候我的一位虔诚的朋友，艾略特使徒，并和他一起欢庆他从邪教中争取过来的众多可贵的灵魂！
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3. That may be no more than another pious wish.
那可能只是另一种虔诚的愿望。
- pious (adj.) mid-15c., from Latin pius "dutiful, devout, conscientious, religious; faithful to kindred; inspired by friendship, prompted by natural affections," perhaps [Klein] related to Latin purus "pure, clean" (see pure). Often coupled with fraud (n.) from at least 1630s. Related: Piously; piousness.
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