音标:['paiәs] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
a. 虔诚的, 敬神的, 尽责的, 可嘉的, 不可能实现的
a. having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity

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形容词100%

pious的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. He is a pious Christian.他是一名虔诚的基督教徒。
  2. He is a pious person to his belief.他是一个对其信仰虔诚的人。
  3. Honest doubt is better than in a pious fraud.诚实的怀疑胜过伪善的信任。
  4. Congress did no more than set out some pious hopes.国会除了提出一些不可能实现的希望之外别无所为。

词汇搭配

  • pious fraud宗教骗子
  • pious opinion未经教会规定却为一般...
  • pious hope不可能实现的希望,不...

经典引文

  • The rot had begun..with a growing distaste for accuracy..a life of conferences and pious platitudes.

    出自:A. Wilson
  • I was a pious little boy, packed with the Ten Commandments and spotless on Sundays.

    出自:V. S. Pritchett
  • As a pious man..he'll have in mind his duty to God.

    出自:K. Amis
  • She..led assembly, giving the school a pious quotation to reflect on.

    出自:F. Spalding
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