pious

英 ['pa??s] 美['pa??s]

反義詞

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副詞:?piously;

1. pious <=> piety.

pious 虔誠(chéng)的，偽善的

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)pius,盡責(zé)的，忠誠(chéng)的，虔誠(chéng)的，來(lái)自PIE*pei,崇拜，敬佩，詞源同piety,pity.詞義貶義化為偽善的。

pious: pious: [17] Pious is one of a nexus of English words descended from Latin pius, an adjective of unknown origin. Its derivative pietās has given English piety and pity, and the derived verb piāre ‘a(chǎn)ppease, atone’ lies behind English expiate [16]. Pious itself was probably borrowed direct from Latin.
=> expiate, piety, pity
pious (adj.): mid-15c., from Latin pius "dutiful, devout, conscientious, religious; faithful to kindred; inspired by friendship, prompted by natural affections," perhaps [Klein] related to Latin purus "pure, clean" (see pure). Often coupled with fraud (n.) from at least 1630s. Related: Piously; piousness.

1. What we need is not manifestos of pious intentions, but real action.: 我們需要的不是善意但難以實(shí)現(xiàn)的宣言，而是實(shí)際行動(dòng)。

2. His attitude is compassionate without being pious.: 他的態(tài)度是真心實(shí)意的同情。

4. Such reforms seem likely to remain little more than pious hopes.: 這類改革可能只是畫餅充饑而已。