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puritan ['pjuərit(ə)n]
基本释义
- n. 清教徒
a. 清教徒的
参考例句
- The proverbially dour New England Puritan.
一个抑郁的新英格兰清教徒 - Characteristic of a puritan;puritanical.
具有清教徒特点的;清教徒似的
- The proverbially dour New England Puritan.
英英解释
3个名词解释
- a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship
- someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures show all ... ( 3 )
1个形容词解释
- morally rigorous and strict
[同] blue, puritan, puritanic, puritanical
[例]- blue laws
- the puritan work ethic
- puritanic distaste for alcohol
- she was anything but puritanical in her behavior