| 单词 | pious |
| 释义 | pious (once / 274 pages) adj If someone is deeply religious and visibly follows all the moral and ethical codes of his religion, he is pious. Don't become a priest if you're not prepared to live a pious life. Pious comes from the Latin pius, which means dutiful. It doesn't always have to be used to talk about organized religion. If someone believes deeply in something, and lets everyone see it through their behavior, then they are pious, whether they're pious Christians or pious environmentalists. It differs from its synonym devout, which implies deep religious sentiment, whereas pious emphasizes the public display of feeling. WORD FAMILYpious: impious, piousest, piously, piousness+/impious: impiously, impiousness USAGE EXAMPLESMarissen discerns a theological message: the Jews’ curse is borne by all and, on pious reflection, turns into a blessing. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) She dares him to judge her, and when he does, she strikes back, dismissing his naïve, pious criticisms of her turbo-capitalist lifestyle. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) He professes to be fighting decadence because he is a pious Muslim. BBC(Dec 22, 2016) adj having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity pious readings Syn|Ant devotional relating to worship godly, reverent, worshipfulshowing great reverence for god holier-than-thou, pharisaic, pharisaical, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteousexcessively or hypocritically pious prayerfuldisposed to pray or appearing to pray religioushaving or showing belief in and reverence for a deity sacredconcerned with religion or religious purposes virtuousmorally excellent unworldlynot concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations impious lacking piety or reverence for a god godless, irreverentnot revering god irreligioushostile or indifferent to religion profane, secularnot concerned with or devoted to religion wickedmorally bad in principle or practice |
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