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holier-than-thou的意思
holier-than-thou
英 ['hulin'au]
美
- adj. 假仁假义的
- n. 假装虔诚的人
英文词源
- holier-than-thou
- as an adjectival phrase in reference to supercilious sanctimony attested by 1888, American English. The text is in Isaiah lxv:5.