单词 | righteous |
释义 | righteous (raɪtʃəs ) adjective If you think that someone behaves or lives in a way that is morally good, you can say that they are righteous. People sometimes use righteous to express their disapproval when they think someone is only behaving in this way so that others will admire or support them. [formal] Aren't you afraid of being seen as a righteous crusader? He was full of righteous indignation. ...petty dictators and righteous politicians. Synonyms: justified, just, valid, legitimate righteousness uncountable noun Both sides in the dispute have been adopting a tone of moral righteousness. Synonyms: virtue, justice, honour, equity righteously adverb They righteously maintain that they do not practise rationing. Collocations: righteous cause Both sides are equally willing to chuck anything on the bonfire of their righteous cause. Times, Sunday Times The force plays havoc with the would-be rescuers, turning their righteous cause into a death trap. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Every new candidate runs as an insurgent against conventional politics, not an insider; as a crusader for righteous causes, not a fixer who can make things happen. Times, Sunday Times They usually show us the righteous path, don't they? Times, Sunday Times In the event such a firm chose to continue down a less than righteous path, they would be shunned and cast out of the family of man. Times, Sunday Times Not that right and wrong are ambiguous; rather, we squirm, suspecting that confronted with the same choice, we, too, would have a hard time taking the righteous path. Christianity Today The farther he seems to stray from the righteous path, the more his once cuddly dad-bod has given way to a gym-ripened hardbody. Times, Sunday Times It lights up the righteous path without being preachy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 假正经的 Japanese: 道徳的な |
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