| 单词 | holier-than-thou |
| 例句 | This was his regular move, a kind of holier-than-thou decision process that drove Toby nuts. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Unless it’s for Curtis, which I doubt, Sister holier-than-thou Daniels smokes. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z If someone had asked her, a month or even a week before, to guess what she might have felt, she might have anticipated a sliver of gloating, or at least a moment of holier-than-thou. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But a brief explanation, void of holier-than-thou attitude, worked wonders. Letters: Letters to Styles About Goody Bags and About Hair 2012-03-07T23:53:10Z It's just that nobody wants to be seen as that holier-than-thou thing. Jarvis Cocker: the iceman cometh 2012-06-02T19:53:37Z His face a mask of warm condescension, his diction as plummy as damson preserves, Mr. Busch does evoke the holier-than-thou graciousness into which Russell evolved. | 'The Divine Sister': No Doubt, Not a Typical Singing Nun 2010-09-23T02:03:00Z To write about a decent hero in a book like this, you've got to understand this: the children reading this don't want a priggish holier-than-thou kind of character. Theodore Boone: The Accused by John Grisham - review 2012-08-30T14:00:00Z I can sit there in my cynical holier-than-thou way, look to my wife and make a call. I Give It A Year: how I tried to subvert the romcom 2013-02-02T06:00:00Z “Awareness” has quickly become another way to be holier-than-thou. When Is 'Awareness' Awareness Month? 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z But there's a troubled sincerity to his demeanor, a streak of anguish that prevents him from coming across like a holier-than-thou blowhard. In the laudable 'The Christians,' characterizations are a saving grace 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Thank all that is holy: it seems as if the fatuous snobbery of not clapping after any movement as proof of holier-than-thou cognoscenti-dom may be becoming a thing of the past. Proms 2010: Let's hear it for more applause 2010-07-21T12:01:00Z Slight and sweet, and without much of an edge, “Yes, God, Yes” uses the pursuit of climax as an opportunity to take a gentle dig at religious humbug and holier-than-thou hypocrisy. ‘Yes, God, Yes’ Review: Sin and Sensuality 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z She was weaned on indie rock but as she grew older soured on that scene’s holier-than-thou outlook — what she called a “church of hush” mentality. The Sun Never Sets on the Techno Tourist 2010-05-20T21:55:00Z Yet this isn’t a scolding play or a holier-than-thou one. Review: In ‘Oh My Sweet Land,’ Dinner Is Served. Don’t Come Hungry. 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z After all, the American public was at that time such a clean public, such a naïve nation of holier-than-thou prudes. Woody Allen Reviews a Graphic Tale of a Scandalous Starlet 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z “Well, speak for yourself. I don’t hate my husband,” one of you holier-than-thou marrieds might announce, folding your hands primly in your lap. Marriage Requires Amnesia 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z She is not holier-than-thou, though she is literally the most emotionally well-adjusted person I’ve ever met, second to my husband. Carolyn Hax: Readers pen tributes to mothers-in-law who wrote the book 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Voiced by a holier-than-thou Simon McBurney with such loathsome relish that you can practically smell the colonization reeking off the screen, Cromwell has walled himself inside a heavily fortified Irish hamlet when the story begins. "Wolfwalkers": Cartoon Saloon’s Irish folklore trilogy ends with the best animated film of the year 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z Vegans might well be vociferous and annoying, holier-than-thou, self-satisfied and evangelical. Why do people hate vegans? 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Nor did I anticipate the holier-than-thou missive in yesterday's Guardian, or last night's protest outside the Tate Britain summer party. Tate is right to take BP's cash 2010-06-29T10:57:00Z Her self-torturing asceticism verged on the holier-than-thou, and her preoccupation with bodily chastisement was akin to that of the desert saints and anchorites, says Saunders. The Woman Who Shot Mussolini by Frances Stonor Saunders |Book review 2010-03-28T00:10:00Z "P-Valley" doesn't shy away from the hypocrisy of holier-than-thou figures of the community judging and insulting these women and Uncle Clifford while reaping the benefits of their hard work. Eyes up here: In "P-Valley," the strippers and their grueling labor are the headliners, not men 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z Of course, this holier-than-thou lecturing at audience members was hardly the shrewd commentary McCain intended for it to be. Meghan McCain’s legacy at “The View” exposes real-life problems with across-the-aisle "friendships" 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Long before the contemporary spectacles of crooked televangelists and holier-than-thou politicians, Molière was all over the subject in one of his best known comic plays, "Tartuffe." Taproot's 'Tartuffe' has 17th-century setting but a story that resonates today 2012-02-16T21:40:06Z Their core complaint is the court’s holier-than-thou posture, exemplified by the black robes the justices wear in public. The Hosts of ‘5-4’ Never Trusted the Supreme Court 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z Anthony and Arthur visit Judith's Sunday salon and its holier-than-thou intellectuals are beautifully skewered; the streets of contemporary Dublin, somehow both drab and gaudy, are sketched with great relish and skill. This Is the Way by Gavin Corbett – review 2013-02-20T09:01:01Z Friends say both are genuinely altruistic, but not in a holier-than-thou way. So Many Phone Dates, Prayers and a Kiss at the Eiffel Tower 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z "Gob Squad's Kitchen" implicitly skewers the holier-than-thou coolness of Warhol's poseurs — deliberately chosen by the artist for their attractive shallowness — and the numbing banality of the unscripted screen opuses they wafted through. Gob Squad skewers and pays tribute to Warhol's Factory 2012-09-28T22:12:05Z Over the last week, the first big myth already started crumbling: that the party of holier-than-thou ideology, forever touting eternal purity, won’t embrace Trumpenstein. What “unity” with Trump means: For Republicans, winning is everything, principles are swept away and hypocrisy reigns 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z The appeal of “Unholy” comes from the way it wags a lusty finger at holier-than-thou puritanism and presents queerness as the basis of aesthetic liberation. Sam Smith Seeks Self-Acceptance and Catharsis, and a Sound to Match 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z From the very beginning I did not want them to be faceless, holier-than-thou victims. Agnieszka Holland?s Holocaust Feature ?In Darkness? 2011-12-04T03:53:02Z But because the dancing is so unadulterated, the holier-than-thou atmosphere isn’t oppressive. Dance Review: A Few Friendly Ghosts Help Out a Master of Tap 2011-06-23T21:43:56Z I like that Shetty doesn’t approach his work from a holier-than-thou perspective — his general vibe seems to be, This is what worked for me, and if you want to try it, cool. Jay Shetty went from monk to celebrity life coach. Just don't call him a 'guru' 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Longtime friends lauded Hartmire’s ability to weave his community into social justice causes without coming across as holier-than-thou. Chris Hartmire, religious leader who helped establish United Farm Workers, dies at 90 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z “And for someone so holier-than-thou on reducing emissions, Buttigieg sure doesn’t seem to mind the pollution caused by his literal jet-setting,” Ms. Sutherland said. Pete Buttigieg used private FAA fleet for over a dozen trips: Report 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z At the time, the term “puritan” was a pejorative one; many people saw Puritans as holier-than-thou frauds who used religion to swindle their neighbors. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z There’s virtually no doubt that there are PED users in the Hall already, and there’s something holier-than-thou about keeping others out. Perspective | Is Barry Bonds’s Hall of Fame banishment a tragedy or a shame? How about both? 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Russia told the U.S. to “look in the mirror” and drop the holier-than-thou attitude. Floyd killing, Trump's crackdown on protests make job harder for U.S. diplomats abroad 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z She said Trump “wanted to expose, I think, a number of people in that group who act like they’re so dignified and holier-than-thou than everyone, but nobody ever says that their track record is.” How George Conway’s super PAC needled Trump with a small-budget ad, helping it go viral 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z The young pitcher doesn’t want to sound holier-than-thou. The Nationals wage war on spring training monotony with hockey, cooking and polar plunges 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z He has similarly denounced the “holier-than-thou” attitude of doctrinal and legal purists, who have chafed at his progressive openings to gays, divorcees and people on the margins. Pope marks joyful Christmas Eve after less-than-joyful year 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z He has similarly denounced the “holier-than-thou” attitude of doctrinal and legal purists, who have chafed at his progressive openings to gays, divorcees and people on the margins. Pope marks joyful Christmas Eve after less-than-joyful year 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z That holier-than-thou mentality and sense of judgment is what ultimately led Youmans to distance himself from the church, he said. 19-year-old director Phillip Youmans' 'Burning Cane' is a blistering take-down of the Baptist church 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z I don’t understand why these holier-than-thou politicians, if they’re so worried about China, why don’t they stop all transactions with China? Charles Barkley tells Mike Pence to 'shut up' after VP blasts NBA cowardice, hypocrisy on China 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Feldman, who, in 2013, officiated at their wedding, told me that Tucker didn’t stand for Driver’s holier-than-thou attitude: “She doesn’t take any nonsense.” Adam Driver, the Original Man 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Superimposed on the image was a headline from the conservative Financial Post: “Trudeau’s holier-than-thou tweet causes migrant crisis — now he needs to fix what he started.” Canada’s Trudeau is down in the polls. Can Conservatives take advantage? 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z But it’s also easy for an NFL team to play the holier-than-thou card now. Perspective | When it’s the Redskins and Reuben Foster, even a freak injury makes you wonder 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Bolz-Weber loathes what she sees as the holier-than-thou attitude prevalent among Christians. The Lutheran Pastor Calling for a Sexual Reformation 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z He was called a communist, a Marxist, a Bolshevik, a Calvinist scold and zealot, a holier-than-thou traitor and subversive who was undermining the pillars of capitalism with un-American rants. Vanguard and revolutionized retirement savings, dies at 89 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z With a slicked-back mohawk and a southern drawl, he has none of the holier-than-thou placidity of many western New Age gurus. Magick 'saved my life': the former death row inmate turned warlock 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z “I eat hamburgers. Somebody does the killing. I’m not going to get holier-than-thou about hunters. If you’re a carnivore, then somebody has to do the killing. But killing for a “trophy” is absurd. James Woods calls for 'licensed hunting of poachers' following Idaho game commissioner controversy 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z President Trump on Monday sought to the turn the tables on Senate Democrats acting “holier-than-thou” over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's drinking and behavior in school, saying many of them “are not angels” themselves. Trump, pressed on Kavanaugh, tries to turn tables on ‘holier than thou’ Dems 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z It’s a personal choice devoid of judgment, motive, or any holier-than-thou feeling. Would I rather be set up by an app, or by my mom? 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z This is not an attempt to turn Petersen into a holier-than-thou figure. Huskies’ Chris Petersen shows it’s possible to win without selling your soul 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently took the press to task, decrying the “holier-than-thou hypocrisy of big media companies who lay claim to the truth, but publish only enough to sugarcoat the lie.” Why We Find Self-Driving Cars So Scary 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z What began as frustrated swipes at the press during earnings calls last year blossomed into full-blown fury on Wednesday when Musk attacked the “holier-than-thou” media on Twitter for a litany of perceived abuses. Pravda: Elon Musk’s solution for punishing journalists 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Trump added: “And now he’s up there talking like he’s holier-than-thou.” Trump, pressed on Kavanaugh, tries to turn tables on ‘holier than thou’ Dems 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z “The holier-than-thou hypocrisy of big media companies who lay claim to the truth, but publish only enough to sugarcoat the lie, is why the public no longer respects them,” Musk wrote. Tesla's Musk bashes media, proposes credibility check 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z In this stirring portrait, it’s possible to see evangelism not in hectoring words or holier-than-thou bromides, but in loving action. Review | ‘Pope Francis: A Man of His Word’ is an inspiring, thoroughly engrossing portrait 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z It was her pretentious, holier-than-thou attitude throughout the campaign and her inability to connect with the half of America that she deemed “deplorable.” Hillary Clinton knows why she really lost the election 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z “The holier-than-thou hypocrisy of big media companies who lay claim to the truth but publish only enough to sugarcoat the lie, is why the public no longer respects them.” Pravda: Elon Musk’s solution for punishing journalists 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z He’s taking a lot of hits for being sanctimonious in the early reviews of his book, and there is certainly a holier-than-thou undercurrent to the book. Analysis | The Daily 202: How James Comey’s battles with the Bush White House prepared him to stand up to Trump 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z But he wasn’t mean or holier-than-thou about it. Suspect in teacher’s slaying described as loving, smart boss 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z "I certainly can't speak from any holier-than-thou perspective. But I'll be in the studio and see three of them sitting there and it's like 'It's 9 p.m. on a Tuesday; why are you doing coke?'" Young rappers are getting honest about doing battle with depression, drug addiction and suicide 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z They maintain this holier-than-thou position that they thrust on their voters. Government Shutdown Ends After 3 Days of Recriminations 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z When are the left and progressive groups in general going to learn that holier-than-thou is not a path either to victory or to cultural transformation? Facing Second Accuser, Franken Sees His Once-Rising Star Dim 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z The complainers — especially the holier-than-thou Republicans — may then rue the one-sided anti-Trump criticisms and accusations they keep bringing up like undigested food. Donald Trump didn’t out black racists either — would that have been something to watch or what? 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z “Parents and kids approach it like a holier-than-thou process, but colleges approach it more like a business.” When Colleges Dangle Money to Lure Students Who Ignored Them 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z “I know all of this sounds so holier-than-thou and corny and all of that, but that’s the case,” she said. Why Sally Yates Stood Up to Trump 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z “I will have to give up my self-righteous holier-than-thou attitude. The calmer and more rational I can be is better for me and society.” Why more non-Catholics are observing Lent 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z A major reason people are often hostile to vegans is because of a perceived holier-than-thou factor. Don’t let anti-vegan jokes and Peta’s antics put you off – try Veganuary | Arwa Mahdawi 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z This isn’t just about baseball, it’s not only about the Hall of Fame, and it’s really not meant to be some preachy, holier-than-thou screed. Here’s a vote for getting sportswriters out of the balloting process 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z So this holier-than-thou attitude about, ‘This is the first time anyone has suggested that the election is not a sacrosanct process,’ it’s a joke. Joe Scarborough rips media reaction to Trump on election results: ‘You guys bathe in that hypocrisy’ 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z But Trump doesn’t get a pass in the media, and holier-than-thou pundits and politicians are having a field day with his quip. DNC hacks: Trump was just joking about Russia 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z “Politically correct” was born as a lefty in-joke, an insidery nod to the smugness of holier-than-thou liberals. How ‘Political Correctness’ Went From Punch Line to Panic 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z In nearly eight years of presidential speeches, Barack Obama, by explicit choice, has come to embody the holier-than-thou idea of showing secular moral contempt for those who disagree with him. The Trumpen Proletariat 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Indeed, the episode tends to illustrate rather well the essential differences between Mr. Sanders’s approach to public policy and Ms. Clinton’s. The former preserved Mr. Sanders’s ability to lob holier-than-thou attacks on the campaign trail. Who is right in the Sanders-Clinton auto bailout brawl? 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The Florida senator has taken aim in the final days at Cruz’s holier-than-thou conservatism. Why Iowa Matters for Republicans 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z His holier-than-thou attitude—saying in a very loud voice he is smarter than everyone else and purer than everyone else—really undercuts his effectiveness.” I have had it with naive Bernie Sanders idealists 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Soon the aroma of the holier-than-thou began to waft across the landscape. WESLEY PRUDEN: Paris outrage recede 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z “His holier-than-thou attitude—saying, in a very loud voice, he is smarter than everyone else and purer than everyone else—really undercuts his effectiveness.” Bernie Sanders, The Populist Prophet 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z A democratic place devoid of any holier-than-thou attitude, the bar has become the ad hoc think tank of the neighborhood. Berlin’s Waterfront Heats Up for Travellers 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Since then, I’ve seen how that sort of holier-than-thou language reiterates unequal power dynamics with its own brand of liberal religiosity. Prison volunteers must enrich prisoners' minds - not just heal their spirits | Anna Clark 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z "I don't want to adopt a holier-than-thou attitude but I think it is appropriate for neighbours to talk to one another and encourage each other to save water." California drought: Will the Golden State turn brown? 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Labour is depicted as a "bunch of hypocritical, holier-than-thou, hopeless, sneering socialists… the same old condescending, bossy, interfering we-know-best attitude of the Hampstead socialist down the ages". Election 2015: Parties play up the tribal rhetoric 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z How aoout we stop treating Presidents like some sort of holier-than-thou individual, an anointed regent who moves worlds and history - - and act like we need to elect more people "like us". Our Unrealistic Hopes for Presidents 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z For most politicians, holier-than-thou is not a good look, and it is a particularly bad fit for Governor Cuomo. Cuomo Held the Strings in Graft Hunt 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z But their pious holier-than-thou act has worn so thin that using either as justification for another championship makes them just as delusional as they are polite. A Hater's Guide to the 2014 World Series 2013-10-23T10:50:23Z Not everybody warmed to Lewis and his incessant self-promotion coupled with a holier-than-thou attitude to drugs offenders. Smith true winner of 'dirtiest race' in history 2013-09-23T14:45:16Z There’s certainly an element of holier-than-thou hypocrisy for anyone to say, this variety of sponsored content is OK, while this is anathema. The Atlantic’s Scientology apology 2013-01-15T08:27:00Z One of the surest ways to offend someone is to project the holier-than-thou vibe. Article Preview: A Glimpse Inside The Soul Of Pro Golf 2012-10-23T04:00:00Z To one who goes to Spain in the holier-than-thou attitude, she is dumb and repellent,—she who can be so eloquent! Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z To some rivals, he was a holier-than-thou prig who intimated he was more principled than they were. Fired Penn State coach Joe Paterno gives his version of events | College football 2012-01-15T02:37:03Z Because he knows that a good chunk of the party is conservative fiscally but moderate socially, Santorum can be expected to tamp down his holier-than-thou act and stress economic themes. As Best Anyone-But-Mitt Choice, Santorum Can Win: Jonathan Alter 2012-01-06T00:37:03Z “We can’t adopt a holier-than-thou attitude and, when it’s in our backyard, wash our hands of it,” Holmes said. In England, Star Players Accused of Racist Comments 2011-12-22T01:59:44Z I insist that there is no use for any holier-than-thou gentleman to become suffused with any glow of indignant conscious rectitude based on the premises we are considering. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z Happily the generations of cant and holier-than-thou are passing, and we are looking history more honestly in the face. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z I don't want your pity or your charity or any of your holier-than-thou butting in—all I want's just to be let alone. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z No, America is a country where hypocrisy is conveyed as propriety, or as the backdrop for a holier-than-thou moment of repentance and renewal. Paul Ryan's Medicare privatisation plan 2011-04-12T15:30:02Z Schwab’s holier-than-thou statement does not address the maturity issue at all. High & Low Finance: Offering Investors an Alternative, but Not a Very Good One 2011-01-13T21:10:01Z Cue holier-than-thou wailing from all four corners of Europe, from people searching desperately for something to be offended about so they can take themselves even more seriously than they do already. The Fiver 2010-11-24T16:31:00Z Being a parent today is hard and no one’s perfect but holier-than-thou missives like this one hardly help. | Smartphones and Dumb Parents 2010-08-13T15:40:00Z A senior MEP following the financial crisis closely said that many in Brussels were fed up with Berlin's "holier-than-thou" position. Greek PM gives European leaders a week to produce rescue plan 2010-03-18T16:03:00Z Since when did you suddenly get so holier-than-thou? The House from Nowhere But I’m getting a trifle tired of this holier-than-thou attitude. The Prairie Child The origin of the name "Mugwump" is not entirely clear, but it was well known as an opprobrious epithet, and was applied now by party regulars to the "holier-than-thou" reformers. The New Nation There was no assumption of godliness nor conceit, no holier-than-thou smirk about the child. The Search Everybody was so cordial and friendly that, although she was the only woman without the white cap, there was no shadow of any holier-than-thou spirit. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' It's only the little peanut fellows who want to be bossy and holier-than-thou. The Nine-Tenths Many of you send Guru hostile vibrations in the inner worlds, so don't hide behind your holier-than-thou facade. Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult Not a patronizing, holier-than-thou, we-know-we-are-doing-a-good-work- and-hope-you-doughboys-appreciate-it sort of a welcome, but a good old Salvation Army, Bowery Mission welcome, such as Tim Sullivan knew how to hand out in the old days. The War Romance of the Salvation Army The Lenox will take longer; they're a 'holier-than-thou' bunch of nincompoops, and it always horrifies them to have any man elected, no matter who he is. The Fighting Chance It has invariably behaved as if it were holier-than-thou. After the Rain : how the West lost the East This rose-tinted mist of romance, having nothing to do with personal morality, has brought about, nevertheless, a holier-than-thou attitude of women toward men, and even of women toward women. The Titan But I don't want you to think you can get away with any holier-than-thou stuff. Babbitt |
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