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a puritan
名词用法，指清教徒中的一员；可数，复数为 puritans。
The village elders regarded him as a puritan.
村里的长辈认为他是个清教徒。
清教徒
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清教徒
puritan
The village elders regarded him as a puritan.
村里的长辈认为他是个清教徒。
某个特定新教教派的成员,倡导更大的纯洁与虔诚。
A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety.
16至17世纪主张简化和规范礼拜形式的英国清教徒
a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship
严格遵守宗教原则的人；反对感官享乐的人
someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures
过分关注礼仪和规矩的人
a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
The puritan dressed in plain clothes and avoided all decoration.
这位清教徒穿着朴素的衣服，避免一切装饰。
Many puritans emigrated to New England in the seventeenth century.
许多清教徒在17世纪移民到新英格兰。
She thought of her father as a puritan because he disapproved of dancing.
她把自己的父亲看作清教徒，因为他不赞成跳舞。
名词用法，指清教徒中的一员；可数，复数为 puritans。
The village elders regarded him as a puritan.
村里的长辈认为他是个清教徒。
名词用法，定冠词加复数指清教徒这一群体。
The puritans sailed to America in search of religious freedom.
清教徒们远渡重洋来到美洲，寻求宗教自由。
形容词用法，意为“清教徒的”，修饰名词。
She held puritan beliefs about work and leisure.
她对工作和休闲抱有清教徒式的信念。
Not this
He is puritan.
Use this
He is a puritan.
puritan 是可数名词，作表语时前面需要加不定冠词 a（表示‘一个清教徒’）。中文没有冠词，所以容易漏掉，但英语中不能省略。
Not this
My boss is very puritan about dressing.
Use this
My boss is very puritanical about dressing.
puritan 作形容词时只表示‘清教徒（派）的’（如 puritan beliefs）；指人对道德或行为‘极为严格拘谨’要用形容词 puritanical。该句表达的是态度，所以用 puritanical。
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清教徒式工作观
His puritan work ethic kept him at the office until late.
他清教徒式的工作观使他在办公室待到很晚。
清教徒价值观
The community's puritan values discouraged any display of luxury.
这个社区的清教徒价值观不鼓励任何奢侈炫耀。
清教徒道德观
Puritan morality often saw dancing as sinful.
清教徒道德观常把跳舞视为有罪的。
清教徒牧师
The puritan minister preached about hard work and self-denial.
这位清教徒牧师宣讲勤劳和克己。
虔诚的清教徒
As a devout puritan, she avoided all worldly pleasures.
身为虔诚的清教徒，她避开一切世俗享乐。
严格的清教徒
The strict puritans forbade music in their meeting house.
这些严格的清教徒禁止在礼拜堂里奏乐。
清教徒式的道德洁癖；严谨克己、不主张享乐的倾向
He has a puritan streak and thinks dancing is sinful.
他有清教徒式的道德洁癖，认为跳舞是有罪的。
清教徒式工作伦理；勤奋、自律、克制的工作态度
She inherited her father's puritan work ethic and never takes a day off.
她继承了她父亲清教徒式的工作伦理，一天也不休息。
清教主义：一种萦绕心头的恐惧，担心某处有人可能会快乐。
This wry definition by American journalist H. L. Mencken criticizes the joyless moralism he associated with the Puritan tradition.
美国记者H·L·门肯的这则讽刺定义，批评了他所认为的清教传统中那种否定享乐的道德主义。
清教徒憎恶逗熊，不是因为熊受到痛苦，而是因为观众从中取乐。
Often quoted from the English historian Thomas Babington Macaulay, this saying illustrates the image of the Puritans as enemies of popular pleasure.
这句话经常被引述出自英国历史学家托马斯·巴宾顿·麦考莱，它体现了清教徒被视为民众娱乐之敌的形象。
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联想“puritan”开头的“puri”像“pure”（纯净），清教徒追求纯净的信仰和简朴的生活。
语域：formal 常见场景：historical writing、religious studies、academic prose 该词作名词时多用于正式的历史或宗教语境，特指16～17世纪英国新教中的清教徒；日常口语中较少出现，通常保留指历史群体的含义。
puritan 的重音在首音节 /ˈpjʊr/，词尾是弱读的 /tən/。curtain、Britain、button、mitten、sultan 都以相同的弱读音 /tən/ 结尾，且重音都在首音节，但重读元音不同，所以它们都不与 puritan 押韵。purity 与 puritan 开头同拼作 pur 且读作 /ˈpjʊr/，但结尾是 /əti/，不是 /tən/，属形近音异。
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