英汉词典

puritans 基本解释

n.

清教徒( puritan的名词复数 )；（任何政党中的）纯粹主义者；道德或宗教上极拘谨的人；

v.

清教徒( puritan的第三人称单数 )；（任何政党中的）纯粹主义者；道德或宗教上极拘谨的人；

英英释义

puritan

n.a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worshipsomeone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasuresa person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum

同义词：prude

adj.morally rigorous and strict

"the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"

同义词：blue(a)puritanicpuritanical

puritans 相关例句

双语例句

1. This characteristic of Americans is closely related to the strong religious motivation of puritans when emigrating to the New England.
   美国人的这种宗教意识与美国殖民地开始时期来自英国的清教徒移民的强烈的宗教动机有着不可分割的关系。

权威例句

New England frontier : Puritans and Indians, 1620-1675
Wayward Puritans: A Study in the Sociology of Deviance. by Kai T. Erikson
The American school : from the Puritans to no child left behind
American Elegy:The Poetry of Mourning from the Puritans to Whitman
American Elegy: The Poetry of Mourning from the Puritans to Whitman
Puritans, Papists, and the “Public Sphere” in Early Modern England: The Edmund Campion Affair in Context
Theology in America:Christian Thought from the Age of the Puritans to the Civil War
Review: Theology in America: Christian Thought from the Age of the Puritans to the Civil War
From the Puritans to the Projects: Public Housing and Public Neighbors. By Lawrence J. Vale and Housing & the Democratic Ideal: The ...
From the Puritans to the Projects: Public Housing and Public Neighbors by Lawrence J. Vale: From the Puritans to the Projects: Publi...