英 [ˌhəʊliə ðən ˈðaʊ] 美 [ˌhoʊliər ðən ˈðaʊ]
adj. 假仁假义的
n. 假装虔诚的人
holier-than-thou //
形容词 If you describe someone as holier-than-thou, you disapprove of them because they seem to believe that they are more religious or have better moral qualities than anyone else. 自视更圣洁的; 自命清高的
He has always sounded holier-than-thou.
他说话总显得自命清高。
excessively or hypocritically pious
同义词： pietistic / pietistical / pharisaic / pharisaical / sanctimonious / self-righteous
... self-satisfied 自鸣得意的 holier-than-thou 假仁假义的 prudish 过分拘谨的 ...
holier-than-thou adj. 假装神圣的；自以为是的。 .
He has always sounded holier-than-thou.
他说话总显得自命清高。
I can't stand his holier-than-thou attitude.
我无法忍受他那种自命不凡的态度。
I could put with his specific criticisms if it were not for his holier-than-thou attitude.
要不是他那假仁假义的态度，我是能够容忍他那些具体的批评的。
"In a country of holier-than-thou's, no one thinks that it's a blatant lie" to cheat on your taxes.
Nor can the Bank's holier-than-thou sermonising be doing much to warm chilly relations with the disgraced finance ministry.
And as for the holier-than-thou Europeans, their targets and declarations of principles sound good, say sceptics, but are non-binding.