puritanism
音标['pjuәritәnizm]
汉语翻译
n. 清教, 清教主义
英语解释
名词 puritanism:
- the beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects)
- strictness and austerity in conduct and religion
详细解释
Pu.ri.tan.ism
n.（名词）The practices and doctrines of the Puritans.清教徒的习俗和教义puritanism Scrupulous moral rigor, especially hostility to social pleasures and indulgences: puritanism 道德上的极端拘谨，尤指对社会快乐和放纵的敌视：例句：.Puritanism is the source of our greatest hypocrisies and most crippling illusions.(Molly Haskell).道学先生的行为是我们最大的伪君子和最残缺的不完美假象的源泉.(莫利·哈斯克尔)
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