self-righteous

英 [ˌself ˈraɪtʃəs]

美 [ˌself ˈraɪtʃəs]

adj.  以正人君子自居的; 自以为正直的

牛津词典

adj.

• 以正人君子自居的；自以为正直的
  feeling or behaving as if what you say or do is always morally right, and other people are wrong

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 以正人君子自居的;自以为是的
  If you describe someone asself-righteous, you disapprove of them because they are convinced that they are right in their beliefs, attitudes, and behaviour and that other people are wrong.
  1. He is critical of the monks, whom he considers narrow-minded and self-righteous.
     他对僧侣们颇有微词，认为他们思想偏狭，自视清高。
  2. ...self-righteous reformers.
     自以为是的改革者们

英英释义

adj

• excessively or hypocritically pious
  1. a sickening sanctimonious smile
  Synonym:holier-than-thoupietisticpietisticalpharisaicpharisaicalsanctimonious

双语例句

• This story tells us that people should not be too self-righteous and arrogant.
  这个故事告诉我们：人不能太狂妄、自以为是。
• The one who thinks you're a self-righteous bitch.
  那个认为你是个自以为是的婊子的人。
• If you become arrogant and self-righteous, all the good you could do will be undone.
  如果因此而自大和自满，你所有的努力将付之东流。
• Second, you are self-righteous yet insecure.
  其次，你自以为是，但缺乏自信。
• Thoreau was a Harvard grad, and, like many of us, a bit self-righteous.
  他也像我们大多数哈佛人一样，有点自以为是。
• But though the self-righteous have killed the satirists they will never annihilate satire itself.
  但是，尽管那些自以为替天行道的枪手杀害了讽刺漫画家，但他们永远不可能消灭讽刺艺术本身。
• Fuelling that response is a large amount of self-righteous nonsense.
  助长这种反应的是大量自以为是的愚蠢想法。
• You're not going to touch me with your self-righteous indignation.
  你不用跟我表达伪善的愤慨。
• Thus the SGI will never lower the humanistic golden flag of "dialogue" no matter what crazy, self-righteous and distrustful obstacles we run into when we are promoting Buddhism-based humanism.
  因此我们SGI在推广以佛法为基础的人性主义时，无论遇到多少疯狂、自以为是和不信任等障碍，也绝不降下“对话”这一人性主义的黄金旗帜。
• Future and past thus conjure up a spectacle in which self-righteous morality is linked with political might.
  未来与过去由此交织出一幅自以为是的道德观与政治实力联系在一起的景象。