holier-than-thou

英 [ˌhəʊliə ðən ˈðaʊ]

美 [ˌhoʊliər ðən ˈðaʊ]

adj.  自命清高的

牛津词典

adj.

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

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 自视更虔诚的;自命清高的
  If you describe someone asholier-than-thou, you disapprove of them because they seem to believe that they are more religious or have better moral qualities than anyone else.
  1. He has always sounded holier-than-thou.
     他说话总是显得自命清高。
  2. ...those with holier-than-thou attitudes.
     那些自以为占据道德高地的人

英英释义

adj

• excessively or hypocritically pious
  1. a sickening sanctimonious smile
  Synonym:pietisticpietisticalpharisaicpharisaicalsanctimoniousself-righteous

双语例句

• 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。
• He has always sounded holier-than-thou.
  他说话总是显得自命清高。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• What if she had asked you, miss holier-than-thou?
  如果你是问的你，伪善小姐？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。