righteous
英语
编辑其他形式
编辑词源
编辑源自早期形式rightuous、rightwose、rightwos、rightwise，源自中古英语 rightwise、rightwis，源自古英语 rihtwīs (“正直的，正义的”)，对应于right + -wise（第二个词素的发音被同化成了-ous），又或者right + wise (“方式”)。同源词包括低地苏格兰语 richtwis (“正直的”)、古高地德语 rehtwīsic (“正直的，正义的”)、冰岛语 réttvíss (“正直的，正义的”)。亦对比thefteous、mighteous。
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编辑righteous (比较级 more righteous，最高级 most righteous)
- 清白的；正直的，正派的
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 28:1:
- The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.
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- 正义的，正直的；伪善的
- Human beings should take a righteous path, and so should art. We should promote kindness and beauty through art.
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- 正当的，合乎道德的
- righteous indignation
- 合理的愤怒
- (俚语，美国) 很棒的，很好的
- 1986, John Hughes, Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Motion Picture), 角色 Grace Wheelberg（Edie McClurg）:
- The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.
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- 1995, Norman L. Russell, Doug Grad, Suicide Charlie: A Vietnam War Story，第 191 页:
- He sold me a bulging paper sack full of Cambodian Red for two dolla' MPC. A strange experience, copping from a kid, but it was righteous weed.
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- 2008, Stephen King, Graduation Afternoon:
- Tonight the kids will go out and party down in a more righteous mode. Alcohol and not a few tabs of X will be ingested. Club music will throb through big speakers.
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- (俚语，美国) 很大的，非常的
- 2021, G. S. Jennsen, Amaranthe V: Riven:
- He found Richard in one piece near a large circular container, thankfully, staring at a righteous mess of blood and gore.
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编辑righteous (第三人称单数简单现在时 righteouses，现在分词 righteousing，一般过去时及过去分词 righteoused)
- 使...正当化；(宗教，狭义) 赦免...的罪行
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, 出版于 2010，第 101 页:
- Thus for the purposes of being ‘righteoused’, the Law was irrelevant; yet Paul could not bear to see all the Law disappear.
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