sanctimonious
sanctimonious 英 [ˌsæŋktɪˈməʊniəs] 美 [ˌsæŋktɪˈmoʊniəs]
adj. 假装虔诚的；假装圣洁的；假装诚实的
- The sanctimonious person sounds like a hypocrite when he preaches to a friend about the evils of drugs, while he drinks one beer after another.
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- adj. 假装虔诚的；假装圣洁的；假装诚实的
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1. Though most of the critical letters were sanctimonious in tone (and presumptuous about all the mistakes I'd made), not all of them were.
大部分持批评态度的人都会（对我所犯下的所有过错）假装虔诚，，但我知道他们并非真的如此。
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2. Meanwhile, here's Thomas Jefferson weighing in: "Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.
此外，托马斯.杰斐逊也曾就此表态："一些人以虚伪的敬意来看待宪法，将其视为盟约之柜（约柜），因为它太过神圣，以至于不可触摸。
- sanctimonious (adj.) c. 1600 (in "Measure for Measure," with the disparaging sense "making a show of sanctity, affecting an appearance of holiness"), from sanctimony + -ous. The un-ironic, literal sense was used occasionally in English from c. 1600 to c. 1800. Related: Sanctimoniously; sanctimoniousness.
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