holier than thou

英 美
  • 伪善的,假正统的
  • holier [holily]的形容词比较级
  • than conj.比;除…外(用于other等之后);与其…(用于rather等之后);一…就(用于nosooner等之后)prep.比
  • thou pron.[古]你;尔;汝
形容词 holier-than-thou:
  1. excessively or hypocritically pious

    1. Honest doubt is better than in a pious fraud.
      诚实的怀疑胜过伪善的信任。
    2. What could be more amusing than the public exposure of hypocritical sinners?
      但更有意思的,当然是看着伪善的罪人被曝光。
    3. There is perhaps no better demtration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world.
      也许这张表现我们的世界是如何渺小的照片,是人类愚蠢自负的最好证明。
    4. None of Russia's problems is unsolvable, but all require strategy and transparency rather than overconfident rhetoric.
      没有一个俄罗斯的问题是不能解决的,但是所有这些都需要有策略及透明度,而不是自负的夸夸其谈。