| 单词 | puritan |
| 释义 | pu·ri·tan /ˈpjʊərətən $ ˈpjʊr-/ noun [countable] 1. STRICTsomeone with strict moral views who thinks that pleasure is unnecessary and wrong 过清教徒式生活的人〔道德标准严格，认为享乐没有必要并且是错误的〕n2. → Puritan —puritan adjective the Puritan work ethic 清教徒工作准则Examples from the Corpuspuritan• It might be heresy to say this in a modern world, but the Profitboss is a puritan.• He was neither a hypocrite nor a puritan.• Of course I was not - at least I told myself I was not - a puritan.• She's hardly the type for an old puritan like you, Karelius.• He remained a Scandinavian puritan, less humourous than Bergman, certainly more covert about sexuality generally.• The playboy and the puritan made an odd couple, but they could use each other.nPuritanRRCa member of a Protestant religious group in the 16th and 17th centuries, who wanted to make religion simpler 清教徒〔16世纪和17世纪基督教一教派成员，主张简化宗教仪式〕Origin Puritan (1500-1600) Late Latin puritas “purity”, from Latin purus; → PUREpu·ri·tan nounPuritanLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable Corpus views strict with thinks someone that moral who |
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