| 单词 | righteous |
| 释义 | Word family noun right rightness rights righteousness adjective right righteous rightful verb right adverb right rightly rightfully righeously righteousness right·eous /ˈraɪtʃəs/ adjective 1 righteous indignation/anger etc EMOTIONALstrong feelings of anger when you think a situation is not morally right or fair 义愤 He was full of righteous indignation about the attack. 他对这次袭击事件义愤填膺。2 formalGOOD/MORAL morally good and fair 正派的，正直的 a righteous God 正义的上帝 —righteously adverb —righteousness noun [uncountable] → self-righteousExamples from the Corpusrighteous• His anger at her rejection was the vicious, righteous anger of one who felt betrayed.• a righteous dude• I have seen eating obsessions up close before, but never one with such a strong sense of righteous healthiness.• The Comintern expressed righteous indignation at such an attack, although eighteen months later it tacitly accepted all these points.• There was much stamping of ministerial feet, but, sadly, this show of righteous indignation led to very little action.• Desperately he tried to relight the fires of righteous indignation.• Burgess' illegal use of alcohol ran afoul of the code, a point the righteous Karnaugh was quite eager to make.• Who among us is so righteous that a sane society would entrust her with the power to obliterate a city?• No matter how good and righteous you think your cause is, you cannot break the law.Origin righteous Old English rihtwis, from riht “right” (noun) + wis “wise”right·eous adjectiveChineseSyllable of you not Corpus situation when think feelings a anger is strong |
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