pious

🇬🇧 UK/'paiәs/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

adj.

Deeply religious and devout; also, making an excessive show of one's own virtue; sanctimonious.

虔诚的,敬神的;假装虔诚的,道貌岸然的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Loanword
piousother
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Common Collocations

  • 1.pious hope一厢情愿的愿望
  • 2.deeply pious极度虔诚
  • 3.pious fraud虚伪的欺骗
  • 4.[pious devotion]虔诚的信仰

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The pious old man attended church every morning without fail.

  • 2.

    His pious declarations about charity rang hollow given his selfish actions.

  • 3.

    She was raised in a pious household where prayer was part of daily life.

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