Puritans是什么意思？

Puritans

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• n. <史>清教徒( puritan的名词复数 )，（任何政党中的）纯粹主义者，道德或宗教上极拘谨的人；
• v. <史>清教徒( puritan的第三人称单数 )，（任何政党中的）纯粹主义者，道德或宗教上极拘谨的人；

例句

• 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.
• The Puritans, according to the familiar accusations of the 1920 s, 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.
• Puritans, for example, established several settlements in Massachusetts. 例如, 清教徒们在马萨诸塞建立了好几个居民区.
• The Puritans became fugitives in quest of liberty. 清教徒变成了追求自由的逃亡者。
• 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。
• Some have charged that the Puritans were sexually repressed and inhibited. 一些人谴责说清教徒的性欲受到压抑，并且个性拘谨。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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.
  例句
  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。 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。
• 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.
  例句
  Paul was someone who certainly had a puritan streak in him. 保罗身上无疑带有清教徒气质。 ...puritan self-denial. 苦行式的克己