Piety is the way you act when you take your religion seriously: you show respect, you keep the practices, you try to live as if the holy things matter. A pious person shows piety.

when you take your religion seriously當你認真看待宗教信仰時 the way you act所表現出來的行為方式 is就是 Piety虔誠(piety) you show respect你表示尊重 you keep the practices你遵守教規 you try to live as if the holy things matter你努力活得好像神聖的事很重要一樣 A pious person一個虔誠的人 shows piety就展現出虔誠(piety)

Though actually the old Latin word behind it, pietas, was wider than church — it also meant duty to your family and your country.

Though actually不過事實上 the old Latin word behind it, pietas它背後的古拉丁文pietas was wider than church含義其實比宗教還廣 it also meant也指 duty to your family and your country對家庭與國家的責任

English kept a piece of that in the phrase filial piety, which is exactly the 孝 students here already know: respect and care for your parents. That phrase is how many learners first meet the word.

English kept a piece of that英文保留了這一部分意涵 in the phrase filial piety在filial piety這個片語裡 which is exactly the 孝 students here already know這正是台灣學生已經知道的「孝」 respect and care for your parents對父母的尊重與照顧 That phrase這個片語 is是 how many learners first meet the word很多學習者第一次接觸到這個字的方式

Careful: piety can also be used with a little bite, when someone is putting on a holy face.

Careful小心 when someone is putting on a holy face當有人在裝出一副神聖的樣子時 piety can also be usedpiety也可以拿來用 with a little bite帶點諷刺的意味

And piety is not pity. They look like cousins on the page, and they truly come from the same Latin word, but pity is feeling sorry for someone; piety is religious respect, or, in filial piety, family duty.

And而且 piety虔誠 is not不是 pity同情 They look like cousins on the page兩者字面看起來很像親戚 and they truly come from the same Latin word而且確實源自同一個拉丁字 but但 pitypity is feeling sorry for someone是對某人感到同情 pietypiety is religious respect是宗教上的虔敬 or, in filial piety或者在filial piety裡 family duty指對家人的責任