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