puritan

英 ['pj??r?t(?)n] 美['pj?r?t?n]

暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?puritans;

puritan 禁欲者，清教徒

來自purity,純潔，純凈，-an,人。比喻用法。

Puritan (n.): 1560s, "opponent of Anglican hierarchy," later applied opprobriously to "person in Church of England who seeks further reformation" (1570s), probably from purity. Largely historical from 19c. in literal sense. After c. 1590s, applied to anyone deemed overly strict in matters of religion and morals.
What [William] Perkins, and the whole Puritan movement after him, sought was to replace the personal pride of birth and status with the professional's or craftsman's pride of doing one's best in one's particular calling. The good Christian society needs the best of kings, magistrates, and citizens. Perkins most emphasized the work ethic from Genesis: "In the swaete of thy browe shalt thou eate thy breade." [E. Digby Baltzell, "Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia," 1979]

1. Bykov had forgotten that Malinin was something of a puritan.: 貝科夫已經(jīng)忘記了馬利寧是個清教徒式的人物。

2. Paul was someone who certainly had a puritan streak in him.: 保羅身上無疑帶有清教徒氣質(zhì)。

3. His dissolute life is inconsistent with his Puritan upbringing.: 他的放蕩生活和他的清教徒教養(yǎng)相悖.

4. This dramatic vigour is the chief strength of Puritan writing.: 這種生氣勃勃的勁頭便是清教時期寫作的主要動力.

5. No other Puritan writers than Tyler in America displayed such verbal riches.: 美國的清教徒作家在詞藻運(yùn)用上,沒有一個比泰勒更豐富的了.