holier-than-thou

短语
FREQ #49923

a. 假仁假义的

发音

UK /ˈhəʊ.li.ə ðən ˈðaʊ/
US /ˈhoʊ.li.ɚ ðən ˈðaʊ/

词形变化

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释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Hypocritically or self-righteously pious; sanctimonious; smugly morally superior.

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同义词 6

self-righteous sanctimonious pharisaic pharisaical pietistic pietistical

近义相关 1

pious

词源

From Isaiah 65:5 in the Bible (King James Version; spelling modernized): “Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou”; from Biblical Hebrew קְדַשְׁתִּיךָ (qəḏaštîḵā).

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