piety

英 ['pa??t?] 美['pa??ti]

CET6+TEM8IELTS擴(kuò)展詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?pieties;

1. pious <=> piety.

piety 虔誠(chéng)，孝順

來(lái)自法語(yǔ)piete,虔誠(chéng)，忠誠(chéng)，憐憫，同情，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)pietas,盡職，忠誠(chéng)，篤信上帝，來(lái)自pius,友好的，善良的，詞源同pity,pious.因主要用于詞義虔誠(chéng)，也可用于指孝順，孝道。

piety: piety: see pity
piety (n.): early 14c. (late 12c. as a surname), "mercy, tenderness, pity," from Old French piete "piety, faith; pity, compassion" (12c.), from Latin pietatem (nominative pietas) "dutiful conduct, sense of duty; religiousness, piety; loyalty, patriotism; faithfulness to natural ties," in Late Latin "gentleness, kindness, pity;" from pius "kind" (see pious). Meaning "piousness" attested in English from c. 1600. Also see pity (n.).

1. In a traditional Chinese family filial piety is rigidly observed.: 在傳統(tǒng)的中國(guó)家庭里,人們恪守孝道.

2. They were drawn to the church not by piety but by curiosity.: 他們?nèi)ソ烫貌皇浅鲇隍\(chéng)而是出于好奇.

3. Later I talked with Big Brother in his room about filial piety.: 飯后天還沒(méi)有黑盡,我到大哥房里和他談到孝的問(wèn)題.

4. Experience makes us see an enormous difference between piety and goodness.: 經(jīng)驗(yàn)使我們看到虔誠(chéng)與善意之間有著巨大的區(qū)別.