| 词汇 | sanctimoniousness |
| 释义 | sanctimoniousness noun[ U ] formaldisapprovinguk /ˌsæŋk.tɪˈməʊ.ni.əs.nəs/ us /ˌsæŋk.təˈmoʊ.ni.əs.nəs/ a quality of acting as if you are morally better than others: 道貌岸然 I found his sanctimoniousness quite irritating.我觉得他道貌岸然的样子很让人恼火。 a sense of smug sanctimoniousness自鸣得意道貌岸然的感觉 See sanctimonious If there is one thing that kills comedy, it's sanctimoniousness. He asked his questions with delighted sanctimoniousness. The magazine's main failure is sanctimoniousness. Feeling morally superior claim the moral high groundidiom de haut en bas holier-than-thou judgmental judgmentally moralistic moralistically pearl-clutching preachily preachiness priggishly righteous righteously sanctimonious sanctimoniously self-righteousness superior superiority complex virtue signalling virtuous Examples of sanctimoniousnesssanctimoniousness I would think that a record of sanctimoniousness applies over 20 years, not 20 minutes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he, for once, abandon his smug sanctimoniousness and apologise for his culture of cronyism? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am bound to say that the task is made more difficult by the aura of sanctimoniousness which hangs heavily over the industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such oily and voluble sanctimoniousness needed no modification to be fitted to appear before the footlights in satirical drama. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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