puritan

pu·ri·tan /ˈpjʊərətən $ ˈpjʊr-/ noun [countableC]

1. STRICTsomeone with strict moral views who thinks that pleasure is unnecessary and wrong 过清教徒式生活的人〔道德标准严格，认为享乐没有必要并且是错误的〕

n2. → Puritan

—puritan adjectiveadj

the Puritan work ethic

清教徒工作准则

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puritan• It might be heresy to say this in a modern world, but the Profitboss is a puritan.• He was neither a hypocrite nor a puritan.• Of course I was not - at least I told myself I was not - a puritan.• She's hardly the type for an old puritan like you, Karelius.• He remained a Scandinavian puritan, less humourous than Bergman, certainly more covert about sexuality generally.• The playboy and the puritan made an odd couple, but they could use each other.

Puritan

RRCa member of a Protestant religious group in the 16th and 17th centuries, who wanted to make religion simpler 清教徒〔16世纪和17世纪基督教一教派成员，主张简化宗教仪式〕

Origin Puritan

(1500-1600) Late Latin puritas “purity”, from Latin purus; → PURE

pu·ri·tan nounPuritan

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