[mass noun]the quality of being religious or reverent 虔诚,虔敬 acts of piety and charity. 虔诚和慈善的行为。 ■[count noun](pl. -ies)a belief or point of view which is accepted with unthinking conventional reverence 虔诚信念;虔诚观点 the accepted pieties of our time. 我们这个时代普遍认可的虔诚信念。
语源
early 16th cent. (in the sense 'devotion to religious observances'): from Old French piete, from Latin pietas 'dutifulness', from pius (See pious)