puritans

英 [ˈpjʊərɪtənz] 美 [ˈpjʊrətənz]

n.  禁欲者; 苦行者; 清教徒(属于16和17世纪的英国教会)
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  1. N-COUNT 道德（或宗教）上极拘谨的人；禁欲者；苦行者
    You describe someone as a puritan when they live according to strict moral or religious principles, especially when they disapprove of physical pleasures.
    1. Bykov had forgotten that Malinin was something of a puritan...
      贝科夫已经忘记了马利宁是个清教徒式的人物。
    2. As for the subjects that so enrage puritans, they will continue to form the focus of her work.
      那些使道学先生们勃然大怒的课题将继续成为她工作的重点。
  2. ADJ-GRADED 道德（或宗教）上极拘谨的；清教徒似的；禁欲的；苦行的
    Puritan attitudes are based on strict moral or religious principles and often involve disapproval of physical pleasures.
    1. Paul was someone who certainly had a puritan streak in him.
      保罗身上无疑带有清教徒气质。
    2. ...puritan self-denial.
      苦行式的克己
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双语例句

  1. As for the subjects that so enrage puritans, they will continue to form the focus of her work.
    那些使道学先生们勃然大怒的课题将继续成为她工作的重点。
  2. The puritans, according to the familiar accusations of the1920s, were joyless hypocrites.
    依照二十年代流行的指责来说，清教徒是郁郁寡欢的伪君子。
  3. To take this approach to the New Englanders normally mean to start with the Puritans 'theological innovations and their distinctive ideas about the church& important subjects that we may not neglect.
    通过这条途径来了解新英格兰人，通常意味着要首先研究清教徒的神学创新和对于教会的不同理念&这是我们不可忽略的重要课题。
  4. As the years passed, the Puritans and their neighbors prospered greatly.
    经过一些年之后，清教徒与他们邻近的人有极繁荣的发展。
  5. Elizabeth's religious settlement was unacceptable to both the extreme Protestants known as Puritans and to ardent Catholics.
    伊丽莎白的宗教和解定位既不被极端的新教徒所接受，也不被虔诚的天主教徒所接受。
  6. The Puritans, persecuted for their religious beliefs, fled to neighbouring countries.
    清教徒们由于受到宗教迫害而外逃到邻国。
  7. Sometimes we seem to be a nation of public puritans and private profligates.
    有时我们的国民似乎是在公开场所里的清教徒和私下的放荡鬼。
  8. The Puritans wanted to change it to make it more holy.
    清教徒希望改变圣公会，使其更加神圣。
  9. One large group was called the Puritans.
    有一个比较大的组织被称为清教徒。
  10. The Puritans in England, and later in Massachusetts Colony, outlawed this holiday as witchcraft.
    在英国以及后来马萨诸塞州殖民地的清教徒，以巫术的名义宣布这个假期为非法。
  11. So these educated Puritans pressured their local government to found a school for their sons, which it did in1636.
    于是，这些受过教育的清教徒就对当地政府施加压力，要求为自己的子弟办一所学校。1636年他们的愿望实现了。
  12. Puritans believed that the Bible was the word of God.
    清教徒相信圣经上写的都是上帝的话。
  13. To be sure, the Puritans had been a dissenting sect in England, but they became an established church in Massachusetts.
    诚然，清教徒早先在英国是一支持不同教见的派别，但他们到了美国后就成了马萨诸塞州的主流教派。
  14. The Puritans were a sect of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries.
    清教徒是十六、十七世纪英国新教徒中的一个派别。
  15. They were called Puritans because they wanted to purify the Church of england, which they believed had become corrupt.
    他们被称为“清教徒”是因为他们想净化在他们看来已经腐化了的英国国教。
  16. Occult activity is prohibited in the Bible, on which the Puritans based their laws.
    清教徒法律所依据的是圣经，而圣经中禁止巫术活动。
  17. They are the Puritans of the revolutionary movement.
    他们是革命运动中的清教徒式人物。
  18. The Puritans, a sizable percentage of the earliest settlers in Massachusetts, were a pious, self-disciplined people.
    最早到马萨诸塞州定居的移民中，相当大一部分是清教徒，他们是。
  19. The letter A in red; Puritans required adulterers to wear it.
    红色的字母A；清教徒要求通奸者佩带的标志。
  20. Believing that we must love God with all our minds, the Puritans placed heavy emphasis upon education.
    清教徒相信我们必须尽心尽意的爱神，所以他们极为注重教育。
  21. The Puritans, as they were called, had much to be thankful for.
    被称为清教徒的这些人们在好多方面感恩戴德。
  22. Because they were persecuted in England, the Puritans migrated to Holland.
    因为清教徒在英国遭受迫害，他们便称居荷兰。
  23. The Puritans, however, had a mean streak.
    然而，那些清教徒生性也有卑劣的一面。
  24. But in keeping with our examination of southern intellectual life, we may consider the original Puritans as carriers of European culture, adjusting to New world circumstances.
    但是为了与我们对南部思想生活的研究保持一致，我们可以将最初的清教徒们视作欧洲文化的传递者，他们根据新大陆的情况进行了调整。
  25. But the "puritans" were in dead earnest.
    但是“纯粹教旨徒”对教旨有着死的真诚。
  26. The Puritans increasingly suspected James of being a secret Catholic because of his pro-Spanish foreign policy and his son's Spanish marriage alliance.
    由于国王的亲西班牙外交政策以及他儿子与西班牙的联姻，他们越来越怀疑他是秘密天主教徒。
  27. Among narrow puritans, this is lying.
    对极端拘谨的清教徒来说，这是谎话。
  28. We think of the Puritans as staid people.
    我们认为清教徒是很稳重的人。
  29. Later writers have maliciously slandered the Puritans.
    后来的许多书的作者恶意地毁谤清教徒。
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