righteous
righteous
[ˈrʌɪtʃəs]
adjective
righteously
adverb
righteousness
noun
语源
[ˈrʌɪtʃəs]
adjective
- morally right or justifiable
正直的，公正的
feelings of righteous indignation about pay and conditions.
对工资和工作条件的义愤之情。
■(US informal, chiefly black English)very good; excellent
(美，非正式，主黑人英语)极好的；绝好的
righteous eggs, man!.
特别好的蛋哪，老兄！。
■correctly so called; genuine
这么说不错的；真的
he is righteous trash.
他真的是个废物。
righteously
adverb
righteousness
noun
语源
- Old English rihtwīs, from riht 'right' + wīs 'manner, state, condition'. The change in the ending in the 16th cent. was due to association with words such as bounteous
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