英语词汇“saintly”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

saintly

(seɪntli )

Word forms: saintlier, saintliest

adjective

A saintly person behaves in a very good or very holy way. [approval]

...his saintly mother.

She has been saintly in her self-restraint.

Synonyms: virtuous, godly, holy, religious

saintliness (seɪntlɪnəs ) uncountable noun

They were praised for their courage and saintliness.

Quotations:

Saintliness is also a temptationJean AnouilhBeckett

Collocations:

almost saintly

The dance routines were tame, there was next to no humour and they seemed almost saintly when they spoke.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

Her reticence appeared almost saintly.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

In this memoir she comes across as intelligent, generous, almost saintly.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

Translations:

Chinese: 神圣的

Japanese: 高徳な

单词	saintly
释义	saintly (seɪntli ) Word forms: saintlier, saintliest adjective A saintly person behaves in a very good or very holy way. [approval] ...his saintly mother. She has been saintly in her self-restraint. Synonyms: virtuous, godly, holy, religious saintliness (seɪntlɪnəs ) uncountable noun They were praised for their courage and saintliness. Quotations: Saintliness is also a temptationJean AnouilhBeckett Collocations: almost saintly The dance routines were tame, there was next to no humour and they seemed almost saintly when they spoke. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Her reticence appeared almost saintly. Times, Sunday Times (2009) In this memoir she comes across as intelligent, generous, almost saintly. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Translations: Chinese: 神圣的 Japanese: 高徳な
随便看	someone has feet of clay someone has had their day someone has made their bed and will have to lie on it someone hasn't seen hide nor hair of someone someone has one foot in the grave someone has raised their game someone has shot their bolt someone has won the battle, but lost the war someone is a dark horse someone is all talk someone is a soft touch someone is caught with their pants down someone is flesh and blood someone is for the high jump someone is hanging on by their fingertips someone is like a rabbit caught in the headlights someone is living off the fat of the land someone is not all there someone is not just whistling Dixie someone is one sandwich short of a picnic someone is toast someone is wasting their breath someone is your own flesh and blood someone lives in an ivory tower someone might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb