puritan
发音
英 [ˈpjʊərɪtən]
美 [ˈpjʊrɪtən]
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- n.
- 清教徒,严格的人
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- adj.
- 严格的,严肃的,清教徒的
单词词源
puritan 禁欲者,清教徒
来自purity,纯洁,纯净,-an,人。比喻用法。
双语例句
- 1. They all eat at the canteen and are all ridiculously puritan .
- 他们都在食堂吃饭并且都是可笑的清教徒。
- 2. Mr liu , by contrast , is a bit of a puritan .
- 与此相对的是有点清教徒性质的刘先生。
- 3. Anyone expecting of this scot a high-minded , humourless puritan would have been surprised .
- 任何认为苏格兰人就高尚的,没有幽默感的清教徒都会惊讶的。
- 4. It 's lazy , it 's passive , it 's against our puritan work ethic .
- 它是懒惰、消极的行为,是违背我们清教徒的工作规范的行为。
- 5. But the puritan fathers of the massachusetts bay colony did not countenance tolerance of opposing religious views .
- 但马萨诸塞港湾殖民地的清教徒首领们并不能毫不动容的忍受相反的教义。