puritans

美 [?pj?r?t(?)n] 　英 [?pj??r?t?n]

• n.【史】清教徒；清教徒似的人；道德上極端拘謹(jǐn)?shù)娜?/span>
• adj.極端拘謹(jǐn)?shù)?/span>
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)清教徒們；清教徒傳統(tǒng)；清教徒時代

詞形變化

復(fù)數(shù)：puritans  

英漢解釋

n.	1. 【史】清教徒 2. 清教徒似的人;道德上極端拘謹(jǐn)?shù)娜?/span>
adj.	1. 清教徒(似)的,極端拘謹(jǐn)?shù)?/span>

英英解釋

n.

1. someone who has strict moral or religious principles, and does not approve of pleasure, for example in sexual activity, entertainment, or eating and drinking 2. a member of a strict English religious group of the 16th and 17th centuries who wanted worship to be more simple. Many Puritans moved to America in the 17th century.

例句

Settlers in other colonies shared the same basic ideals as the Puritans, although they did not always establish publicly-funded schools.

其它殖民地的居民與清教徒具有共同的基本理念，雖然他們并非都設(shè)立公立學(xué)校。

As a colony, it was a haven of smugglers and a refuge from Massachusetts's moralistic puritans.

殖民時期，它是走私者的避風(fēng)港，也為逃離馬薩諸塞州清教徒嚴(yán)格道德標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的人提供庇護(hù)。

She admitted that she signed the book and said there were several other witches looking to destroy the Puritans.

她承認(rèn)簽名了，還說有其他巫師要毀滅清教徒。

The demand for change in the kingdom long ago evolved into a struggle between puritans and progressives over the country's future.

在沙特王國，改革早已演變成一個清教徒和改革派之間，為了國家未來而引發(fā)的斗爭。

The king's defiance of this view seemed to augur a break from decades of deference by the ruling Al Saud dynasty to killjoy puritans.

國王對這種看法的藐視似乎預(yù)示著：他要打破幾十年來，AlSaud王室對煞風(fēng)景的清教徒的尊重。

The Puritans avoided many heartaches that plague us today by working hard, staying out of debt, and remaining faithful within marriage.

清教徒沒有許多困擾現(xiàn)代人的文明病，因?yàn)?/c>他們辛勤工作，不欠債，并且忠實(shí)于婚姻。

The Puritans knew that winter was coming and decided to gather provisions.

清教徒們知道冬天快要到了，決定立即儲備食物。

Across the Atlantic Ocean, the Puritans give their betrotheds useful thimbles instead of rings, which are derided as frippery.

橫跨大西洋，清教徒們贈與自己的未婚夫有用的頂針，而不是被嘲笑為俗氣的戒指。

They were banned by puritans as part of the celebration of Christmas; defying puritans only adds to their flavor.

當(dāng)時十字軍被清教徒禁止參加圣誕節(jié)的慶祝活動；他們也藐視清教徒只會增加清教徒的口味。

The Geneva Bible was the choice of the Puritans and the people: It was bolder, more accessible.

清教徒和普通大眾用《日內(nèi)瓦圣經(jīng)》，內(nèi)容比較直白大膽，也更通俗易懂。

The Puritans set up the first institution of higher learning in North America, and that was Harvard College.

清教徒在北美殖民地時期開辦了第一所高等院校——哈佛學(xué)院。

For the Puritans, the Christian life must be an examined life.

對清教徒來說，基督徒的生活必須是一個受察驗(yàn)的生活。

The Puritans, however, had a mean streak, They hated the theater and banned Christmas.

然而，那些清教徒生性也有卑劣的一面。他們憎惡戲劇演出，禁止圣誕節(jié)慶。

Inflation hawks are puritans obsessing over monetary turpitude and the debasement of the currency.

通脹鷹派人士是抱持著貨幣罪惡論、貶低貨幣的清教徒。

The Puritans were intolerant of those who were not members in good standing of their church.

清教徒不能容忍那些本教會里名聲不好的教徒。

Settlers from England followed the path of the first Puritans to occupy New England in the northeastern part of the country.

來自英國的移民沿著第一批清教徒的路線，占據(jù)了美國東北部的新英格蘭地區(qū)。

All sorts of laws against intimate behavior that went back to the Puritans who thought that God had prescribed these things as evil.

對親密行為的各種法律，回到清教徒時期，他們認(rèn)為上帝規(guī)定這些事情是邪惡的。

Puritans sometimes forget that air conditioning was invented with the efficiency of machines, not the comfort of people, in mind.

禁欲者們有時會忘了空調(diào)的發(fā)明最初在人們心中意味著機(jī)械效率的提高，而不是舒適程度的改善。

In 1860, over 100 Puritans boarded "Mayflower" across the ocean and landed at the place that is called Premouth Port.

1860年為了尋求宗教自由，100多名英國清教徒乘坐“五月花”在今日的普里毛斯港登陸。

The Puritans quickly became slave-masters, andsubsequently abandoned their liberal ideals.

這些清教徒迅速變成奴隸主，順其自然地拋棄了他們的自由主義理想。

Believing that we must love God with all our minds, the Puritans placed heavy emphasis upon education.

清教徒相信我們必須盡心盡意的愛神，所以他們極為注重教育。

The Puritans' definition: Conscience is the mind of man passing moral judgment.

清教徒對良心的定義：良心是人的理智作出道德判斷。

Later writers have maliciously slandered the Puritans.

后來的許多書的作者惡意地毀謗清教徒。

The Puritans are strict teetotallers, and some even disapprove of smoking and dancing.

清教徒是絕對戒酒者，有的甚至連吸煙、跳舞都要反對。

The Puritans soon followed, for the same reason.

接著，為了同一緣故，清教徒來了。

The Puritans, according to the familiar accusations of the 1920s, were joyless hypocrites.

依照二十年代流行的指責(zé)來說，清教徒是郁郁寡歡的偽君子。

They were called Puritans because they wanted to purify the Church of England, which they believed had become corrupt.

他們被稱為“清教徒”是因?yàn)?/c>他們想凈化在他們看來已經(jīng)腐化了的英國國教。

In fact, the Puritans were very intolerant, not only of witches but also of any deviation from the tribal orthodoxy.

實(shí)際上，清教徒都十分偏執(zhí)，不僅有女巫這樣的人，而且都偏離了正統(tǒng)宗教的軌道。

Eg. We think of the Puritans as staid people.

我們認(rèn)為清教徒是很穩(wěn)重的人。

A colony of Puritans settled in Plymouth.

一群清教徒在普里茅斯定居下來。

The Puritans wanted to change it to make it more holy.

清教徒希望改變圣公會，使其更加神圣。

Because they were persecuted in England, the Puritans migrated to Holland.

因?yàn)?/c>清教徒在英國遭受迫害，他們便移居荷蘭。

What did the Puritans believe.

清教徒相信什么。

Many of the puritans migrated to colonies in order to find freedom from religious persecution.

許多清教徒遷移到殖民地為了獲得自由的宗教迫害。

In 1620, the famous "Mayflower" ship loaded with Britain, fed up with religious persecution of Puritans arrived in America 102.

1620年，在著名的“五月花”船滿載英國，厭倦了宗教迫害的清教徒到達(dá)美洲102。

In the colonial colleges, clergymen, government officials and other professionals were Puritans' educational goals;

他們在教育目標(biāo)上兼顧教士、政府官員的培養(yǎng)和其他專業(yè)人才的造就；

great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily

世上偉大的藝術(shù)家都不是清教徒，通常甚至很少是值得尊敬的人。

The Puritans and the Massachusetts Bay

教徒和馬薩諸塞灣

Puritans are boring even when one is a slut

清教徒很無聊甚至是一個蕩婦都要談?wù)?/c>