censorious是英語中的形容詞,主要用於正式語境,意為“吹毛求疵的”“苛評的”或“愛挑剔的”,強調對他人行為或觀點的嚴厲批評態度。該詞源於詞根“cens”(意為“判斷”),其副詞形式為censoriously,名詞形式為censoriousness。在套用中,常描述對瑣碎過失或非常規行為的過度苛責,例如社會對異見者的挑剔態度。同義詞包括critical、hypercritical,反義詞為uncritical,相關聯想詞涉及authoritarian、censorship等。
基本介紹
- 詞性:形容詞
- 詞根:cens(判斷)
- 近義詞:critical、hypercritical
- 反義詞:uncritical
- 副詞:censoriously
- 名詞:censoriousness
釋義與詞源
用法與例句
- His treatment of him is sympathetic rather than readily censorious.(他對他的態度是同情而並非一味批評)
- Censorious people delight in casting blame.(挑剔之人樂於責備)
- He was not censorious of other people.(他並不苛求他人)
相關辭彙
- 同義詞:critical、hypercritical、scathing、acidulous
- 反義詞:uncritical
- 派生詞:
- censoriously(副詞,表示“挑剔地”)
- censoriousness(名詞,指“挑剔的特性”)
發音與變體
- 英式發音:/senˈsɔː.ri.əs/
- 美式發音:/senˈsɔr.i.əs/其拼寫與發音在英語國家中無顯著地域差異,但需注意正式語境與非正式場合的使用區分。
雙語例句
- Despite strong principles he was never censorious. 他原則性很強,但從不愛挑剔。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
- But the world is so censorious no character escapes. 但世人就是這么愛搬弄是非,無人倖免。
- People have nothing censorious to say about his parents and brothers. 他以德感化父母兄弟,使人們沒有說其家人不是的。
- This is because a censorious tongue may prove worse than any fault condemned in others. 因為批評性的舌頭可能比在別人身上找到的錯誤更加糟糕。
- But red Toryism may be too morally censorious, and too hostile to big business, to fit the bill. 遺憾的是,紅色保守主義對道德過於苛求,對大型行業過於敵視,因而難有作為。

