| 词汇 | righteous |
| 释义 | righteous adjective formaluk /ˈraɪ.tʃəs/ us /ˈraɪ.tʃəs/ morally correct: 正义的;公正的;正当的 He was regarded as a righteous and holy man.他被认为是一个正直而虔诚的人。 "It's not only morally righteous, it's good business," he said. morally right goodShe is a good woman who goes out of her way to help others. virtuousI believe that humans are, despite their flaws, capable of virtuous conduct. righteousHe refused to stray from the righteous path. honestHe was a hardworking, honest family man who was only trying to do his duty. upstandingI’m sure most of them are honest, upstanding members of society. disapproving believing and showing that you are morally correct, and that others are not: His righteous indignation left senators on the Commerce Committee rolling their eyes. an outburst of righteous anger Most people are righteous at heart. Her causes are always righteous and her beliefs invariably absolute. The driver puffed himself up with righteous outrage. She was full of righteous indignation at the thought that I was cynically testing to see how far she'd go, but offered no apology for her own behaviour. Virtue and moral good altruism angel angelic angelically be as pure as the driven snowidiom justifiable justifiably justified loftiness lofty rightness saintly self-forgetful self-forgetfully the road to hell is paved with good intentionsidiom upstanding virtuous virtuously white hat wholesomely You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Feeling morally superior See alsoself-righteous Related wordrighteousness righteous noun[ plural ] formaluk /ˈraɪ.tʃəs/ us /ˈraɪ.tʃəs/ the righteous people who behave in a way that is morally correct正义的人，正直的人 People having good qualities advertisement altruist angel beatify brick bunch gem hidden depths jewel mensch not be as black as you are paintedidiom paragon poppet saint salt salt of the earthidiom softie sweetheart sweetie treasure righteous | American Dictionaryrighteous adjective us/ˈrɑɪ·tʃəs/ behaving in a morally correct way, or considered morally correct: a righteous man Examples of righteousrighteous Perhaps a righteous person will have greater confidence in speaking on behalf of righteousness if he has nothing in this world. Similarly, the sinner avoids righteous people and is attracted to the putrid elements of society. Commentators tended to be sensitive and objective in tone, never righteous or condescending. Since envy is shameful, it is attractive to misrepresent one's envy as righteous anger to others. No doubt the urge to control undesirable expression can be traced to righteous moral emotions, but the pretheoretical convictions they support should not be too quickly translated into coercive legislation. Either you agree that the world is about to come to an end and are fired by righteous indignation, or you are a paid lackey of big business. In sum, it is difficult to support just-deserts responsibility anywhere, but even traditional believers in just deserts and righteous retribution should have doubts about their application to medical care. Moreover, if the feeling of shame results in the formation of the belief that the other did not deserve his good fortune, the envy might transmute into genuine righteous anger. Even at its most cautious, however, the magazine insisted that religion and politics could not be dissevered and demanded therefore that righteous women cultivate a detailed understanding of parliamentary politics. Righteous works and religious rituals are useless. Would he have regard to that, as it may well be the cause of the farmers' quite righteous annoyance? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the point of this resolution's self-righteous railing against a practice that is at the heart of a project it supports? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Without appreciation of that sincerity, we apply a self-righteous and superficial judgment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope and believe that this will be a great thing for the righteous and legitimate propaganda which we may be issuing to other nations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think we ought to be too self-righteous over that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of righteous These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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