giving the impression that you feel you are better and more moral than other people 装作圣洁的；伪善的；道貌岸然的 a sanctimonious voice 卑鄙的声音 I wish she’d stop being so sanctimonious. 我希望她不要再这么卑鄙了。 I’m fed up with his sanctimonious attitude. 我烦透了他那道貌岸然的态度。
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘holy in character’): from Latin sanctimonia ‘sanctity’ (from sanctus ‘holy’) + -ous.