holier-than-thou

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. 假仁假义的
• n. 假装虔诚的人

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Disdain for holier-than-thou lefties who ride their husbands' coat-tails to power and wealth.
  蔑视那些假仁假义的左翼分子，因为她们凭借自己丈夫而得到权力和财富。
• It’s this whole travelling road-show mentality all over again, playing a holier-than-thou part instead of just living your part.
  这是整个重复一遍又一遍的旅行巡回演出的心态，不是做好自己的那部分而是做着假仁假义的那部分。
• 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.
  菲利普对他儿子们采用伪装虔诚的表情使我很生气，他忘了自己在他们那个年纪时也一样调皮捣蛋。

权威例句

• "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

短语

• Holier - than - thou 男女想背太久

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

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