puritan

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英 [ˈpjʊərɪtən]

美 [ˈpjʊrɪtən]

是什么意思

清教徒；（任何政党中的）纯粹主义者；道德或宗教上极拘谨的人；

变形

复数：puritans

英英释义

puritan[ 'pjuəritən ]

n.
- a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship
- someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures
- a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
  同义词：prude
adj.morally rigorous and strict
"the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"
同义词：blue(a)puritanicpuritanical

学习怎么用

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

As a Puritan, he is strict in moral and religion.
作为清教徒，他的道德和宗教观念都很严格。
The extremer Puritan mood had gone.
过于偏激的清教徒精神既已消逝。

用作形容词(adj.)

He also wrote parodies that poked fun at Puritan intolerance.
他还经常写一些打油诗来讽刺清教徒的偏激行为。
The Puritan family, also maligned by ignorant moderns, stands as a model.
清教徒的家庭是模范家庭，却也不幸被无知的现代人所曲解。

权威例句

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Visible Saints: The History of a Puritan Idea. By Edmund S. Morgan. ([New York:] New York University Press. 1963. Pp. ix, 159. $4.50.)
“Formalism, Puritanicalism, Traditionalism: Approaches to Islamic Legal Reasoning in the 19th〤entury Russian Empire”
Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life (Book Review)
Book Review: The Character of the Good Ruler. A Study of Puritan Political Ideas in New England, 1630-1730, by T. H. Breen
System and method for flow triggering of breath supported ventilation

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