holier-than-thou

美 [ˌhoʊliər ðən ˈðaʊ]英 [ˌhəʊliə ðən ˈðaʊ]
  • adj.自命清高的
holier-than-thouholier-than-thou

adj.

disapproving自命清高的
showing that you think that you are morally better than other people

I can't stand his holier-than-thou attitude.

我无法忍受他那种自命不凡的态度。

self-righteous

holier-than-thou

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    ADJ-GRADED 自视更虔诚的;自命清高的
    If you describe someone as holier-than-thou, you disapprove of them because they seem to believe that they are more religious or have better moral qualities than anyone else.

    He has always sounded holier-than-thou.

    他说话总是显得自命清高。

adj

1
excessively or hypocritically pious
a sickening sanctimonious smile
Synonym: pietistic pietistical pharisaic pharisaical sanctimonious self-righteous

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  1. I can 't stand his holier-than-thou attitude .

    我无法忍受他那种自命不凡的态度。

  2. He has always sounded holier-than-thou .

    他说话总是显得自命清高。

  3. Most people find holier-than-thou actions in others hard to accept .

    大多数人认为别人自命不凡的样子难以接受。

  4. I could put with his specific criticisms if it were not for his holier-than-thou attitude .

    要不是他那假仁假义的态度,我是能够容忍他那些具体的批评的。

  5. I 'm tired of his holier-than-thou attitude toward me .

    我厌倦了他在我面前自命不凡的态度。

  6. What if she had asked you , miss holier-than-thou ?

    如果你是问的你,伪善小姐?

  7. You 're not actually killing anyone . I have my reasons.Well , what are those holier-than-thou reasons ?

    你又没有杀人我有我的理由什么假仁假义的理由呢

  8. I think they will surpass us unless we get off our " self-righteous , holier-than-thou attitudes " about our place in the world .

    我看他们将超越我们,除非我们不再用咱们“自觉得是&自命狷介的立场”去对待咱们活着界中的位置。

  9. What I find most abominable in our politicians is that , even when their hands are stained with blood , they invariably adopt a holier-than-thou attitude .

    我想,我们那些政客最讨厌的就是纵使双手血迹斑斑,还是千篇一律的摆出一副道貌岸然的嘴脸。

  10. 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。

  11. An epidemic of holier-than-thou fiscal virtue is spreading throughout Europe and is fast transforming a series of uncoordinated fiscal retrenchments into a euro-wide contraction with dire implications for growth and employment .

    一场假仁假义的财政美德疫情正在整个欧洲地区蔓延,并迅速将一系列不协调的财政紧缩,转变成一场横扫欧元区的萎缩,这将对增长和就业造成可怕的影响。