piety
英 ['pa??t?]
美['pa??ti]
- n. 虔誠；孝敬；虔誠的行為或語言
CET6+TEM8IELTS擴展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?pieties;
助記提示
1. pious <=> piety.
中文詞源
piety 虔誠，孝順
來自法語piete,虔誠，忠誠，憐憫，同情，來自拉丁語pietas,盡職，忠誠，篤信上帝，來自pius,友好的，善良的，詞源同pity,pious.因主要用于詞義虔誠，也可用于指孝順，孝道。
英文詞源
- piety
- piety: see pity
- piety (n.)
- early 14c. (late 12c. as a surname), "mercy, tenderness, pity," from Old French piete "piety, faith; pity, compassion" (12c.), from Latin pietatem (nominative pietas) "dutiful conduct, sense of duty; religiousness, piety; loyalty, patriotism; faithfulness to natural ties," in Late Latin "gentleness, kindness, pity;" from pius "kind" (see pious). Meaning "piousness" attested in English from c. 1600. Also see pity (n.).
雙語例句
- 1. In a traditional Chinese family filial piety is rigidly observed.
- 在傳統(tǒng)的中國家庭里,人們恪守孝道.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. They were drawn to the church not by piety but by curiosity.
- 他們去教堂不是出于虔誠而是出于好奇.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Later I talked with Big Brother in his room about filial piety.
- 飯后天還沒有黑盡,我到大哥房里和他談到孝的問題.
來自漢英文學 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
- 4. Experience makes us see an enormous difference between piety and goodness.
- 經(jīng)驗使我們看到虔誠與善意之間有著巨大的區(qū)別.
來自辭典例句
- 5. She was eminent for her piety.
- 她以虔誠聞名.
來自辭典例句