英语单词

Puritanism是什么意思

Puritanism

['pjʊrɪtənɪzəm]
  • n. 清教;清教主义;清教徒习俗;道德上的极端拘谨

中文词源


puritanism 清教徒主义

来自puritan,清教徒,-ism,主义,思想。

英文词源


Puritanism (n.)
1570s, from Puritan + -ism. Originally in reference to specific doctrines; from 1590s of excessive moral strictness generally. In this sense, famously defined by H.L. Mencken (1920) as "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy."

双语例句


1. Out of Puritanism came the intense work ethic.
严格的职业道德源于清教主义。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The sexual puritanism of the Party was not imposed upon them.
性关系上党所倡导的禁欲主义,对他们一概不适用.

来自英汉文学

3. Unlike Winston, she had grasped the inner meaning of the Party's sexual puritanism.
不像温斯顿, 她把握了党在性行为方面禁欲主义的内在意义.

来自英汉文学

4. Perhaps, form the beginning, a steak of puritanism had been latent , deep inside him.
也许, 从一出世起, 就有一种清教徒式的性格深深潜伏在他身上.

来自辞典例句

5. To treat with national heritage Puritanism, his attitude is criticism, and retrospect.
对待民族遗产清教主义, 他的态度是:批判 、 反思.

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