| 词汇 | self-righteousness |
| 释义 | self-righteousness noun[ U ] uk /ˌselfˈraɪ.tʃəs.nəs/ us /ˌselfˈraɪ.tʃəs.nəs/ the quality of believing that your ideas and behaviour are morally better than those of other people: 自以为是 They respond to questions from broadcasters with a nauseating mixture of arrogance and self-righteousness.他们回答电台采访人的方式既傲慢又自大，令人作呕。 The lawyer accused critics of smug self-righteousness.律师指责批评者自鸣得意，自以为是。 See self-righteous The self-righteousness and hypocrisy of the administration has done little to promote world peace. Both the actors and the audience basked in a nice, warm glow of moral self-righteousness. There's a certain self-righteousness about her that bothers me. 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-righteously superior superiority complex virtue signalling virtuous Examples of self-righteousnessself-righteousness But self-righteousness is not the monopoly of the leaver. What they undoubtedly left behind was a large red herring obstructing the path of free communication - and a legacy of self-righteousness, guilt and prejudice. It is much easier to indulge ourselves in self-righteousness, righteous anger or whatever emotion happens to be taking us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He spoke like a man who, seeing a cruel thing being done and seeing another man trying to intervene, rebukes him for his self-righteousness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not going to sit here and inhale the putrid fumes of an obnoxious self-righteousness from the other side. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The motion is a self-indulgent display of self-righteousness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the sideslip into self-righteousness and hypocrisy. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I do not think we are going to build up international confidence by approaching other nations in a spirit of unctuous self-righteousness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As for nonsmokers, they often have a feeling of self-righteousness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I ask that we all refrain from self-righteousness. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I have seen no evidence of the self-righteousness or self-indulgence that is sometimes displayed on this issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may enable us to take up a posture of self-righteousness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He can merely shout into the wind and endeavour to show that his self-righteousness in impenetrable either by argument or by truth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why, then, is there all this high, sanctimonious self-righteousness from the other side? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a savour of self-righteousness about us when we condemn the misdeeds of foreign people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of self-righteousness 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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