saintly

英 [ˈseɪntli]

美 [ˈseɪntli]

adj.  像圣人的; 非常圣洁善良的

最高级：saintliest　

GRE

BNC.20584 / COCA.19683

牛津词典

adj.

• 像圣人的；非常圣洁善良的
  like a saint ; very holy and good
  1. to lead a saintly life
     过着圣洁的生活

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 圣洁的;似圣徒的;善良的
  Asaintlyperson behaves in a very good or very holy way.
  1. ...his saintly mother...
     他圣洁善良的母亲
  2. She has been saintly in her self-restraint.
     她一直过着自我节制的圣徒式生活。

英英释义

adj

• marked by utter benignity
  1. angelic beneficence
  2. a beatific smile
  3. a saintly concern for his fellow men
  4. my sainted mother
  Synonym:angelicangelicalbeatificsaintlikesainted

双语例句

• Directed by a German woman who had studied in India under a very saintly man, it accepted both me and my two teenage children.
  我接受一个德国女士的指导，她曾在印度在一位圣师的指导下学习过，这里接受了我和我的两个十几岁的孩子。
• This is the mark of saintly devotees of the Lord.
  这就是主的神圣奉献者的标志。
• She has been saintly in her self-restraint.
  她一直过着自我节制的圣徒式生活。
• The learning style of the Song Dynasty, which sought for being saintly at heart and spiritually satisfactory, becomes an important aspect forming the core of the culture of the Song Dynasty.
  以追求内圣、精神的圆满自足为目标的宋学，构成了宋型文化的基本内核的重要方面。
• Do they believe that consumer innovation, technological advance and the funding for taxation emerge from the saintly public sector?
  他们是不是认为消费创新、技术进步、税收资金都是从神圣的公共部门来的？
• Sitting silently next to him was a middle-aged man with a composed, saintly face.
  挨他坐着一个容貌安详的中年人。
• He should spend the entire festival day and night chanting and singing the glories of the Lord in association of saintly devotees.
  他应该在节日那天与圣贤的奉献者联谊并夜以继日地念诵和唱诵主的荣耀。
• Xi 'an is an ancient city full of treasures and saintly relics.
  西安是一个有很多宝藏和神圣的遗物的古老城市。
• He was not at all a religious or saintly man.
  他根本不是个虔诚的或者说圣徒式的人物。
• Once a group of men who earned their living by a savage determination, they now earned their living in what perhaps could be called a saintly fashion.
  曾经一度凭着一味蛮干过日子的一群亡命之徒，如今他们赖以生存的方式也许可以称之为圣贤之道。