V2EX holier-than-thou

Holier-than-thou

释义 Definition

形容词短语,意为"自以为比别人高尚的;假装圣洁的;自命清高的"。用来形容一个人表现出一种道德优越感,认为自己比别人更正直、更有道德,通常带有贬义,暗示这种态度令人反感。

发音 Pronunciation

/holir n a/

例句 Examples

Don't be so holier-than-thou you've made mistakes too.
别那么自命清高你自己也犯过错。

Her holier-than-thou attitude made it difficult for her colleagues to approach her with honest feedback.
她那副自以为是的清高态度,让同事们很难坦诚地给她提意见。

词源 Etymology

这个短语源自《圣经以赛亚书》(Isaiah 65:5)中的经文,原文大意为"别靠近我,因为我比你圣洁"(Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou)。其中 thou 是古英语中"你"的意思,现代英语中已被 you 取代。这句话原本是上帝对那些自以为圣洁之人的讽刺和谴责,后来演变为英语中形容伪善、自命不凡之人的固定短语。

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文学作品引用 Literary References

  • 在查尔斯狄更斯(Charles Dickens)的多部小说中,许多伪善角色体现了 holier-than-thou 的特质,例如《荒凉山庄》(Bleak House)中的 Mr. Chadband,一个满口仁义道德却虚伪自私的传教士。
  • 纳撒尼尔霍桑(Nathaniel Hawthorne)的《红字》(The Scarlet Letter)中,清教徒社区对女主角 Hester Prynne 的审判态度正是 holier-than-thou 精神的典型写照。
  • 马克吐温(Mark Twain)在《哈克贝利费恩历险记》(Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)中,多次讽刺了南方社会中人们的 holier-than-thou 伪善面目。
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