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Showing strong, sincere religious devotion — praying often, following your faith carefully. It can be a genuine compliment (a pious old woman who goes to temple every week), but it can also be a little critical, describing someone who talks about being good or religious just to look good to others.
虔誠的
組成From a Latin word meaning "dutiful" or "devoted." Related to "piety."
同家族的字
- pietythe noun form, meaning strong religious devotion
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
piousadj/ˈpaɪəs/
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Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing.
- Old Deacon Smith was quick to see the impression made by Abby Howard upon the mind of his son, and he was wonderfully pleased thereat, for Abby was the oldest daughter of the good Deacon Howard, and was herself a church member, and pious. He had more hope for his son now, than he had felt for years.
- Its male residents dress like crows: heavy black suits, black Borsalino hats, the old grandfathers hugely whiskered and the boys in peot, the curled sidelocks of the pious.
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Relating to religion or religious works.
- A pious cause.
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Insisting on or making a show of one's own virtue, especially in comparison to others; sanctimonious, condescending, judgmental.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。