| 单词 | pious |
| 释义 | pious —piously, adv. —piousness, n. /puy"euhs/, adj. 1. having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations. 2. characterized by a hypocritical concern with virtue or religious devotion; sanctimonious. 3. practiced or used in the name of real or pretended religious motives, or for some ostensibly good object; falsely earnest or sincere: a pious deception. 4. of or pertaining to religious devotion; sacred rather than secular: pious literature. 5. having or showing appropriate respect or regard for parents or others. [1595-1605; < L pius, akin to piare to propitiate] Syn. 1. devout, godly, reverent. See religious. |
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