1570s, from Puritan + -ism. Originally in reference to specific doctrines; from 1590s of excessive moral strictness generally. In this sense, famously defined by H.L. Mencken (1920) as "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy."
雙語例句
1. Out of Puritanism came the intense work ethic.
嚴(yán)格的職業(yè)道德源于清教主義。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The sexual puritanism of the Party was not imposed upon them.
性關(guān)系上黨所倡導(dǎo)的禁欲主義,對他們一概不適用.
來自英漢文學(xué)
3. Unlike Winston, she had grasped the inner meaning of the Party's sexual puritanism.
不像溫斯頓, 她把握了黨在性行為方面禁欲主義的內(nèi)在意義.
來自英漢文學(xué)
4. Perhaps, form the beginning, a steak of puritanism had been latent , deep inside him.
也許, 從一出世起, 就有一種清教徒式的性格深深潛伏在他身上.
來自辭典例句
5. To treat with national heritage Puritanism, his attitude is criticism, and retrospect.