Puritan

['pjʊərɪt(ə)n] or ['pjʊrɪtən]

解释:

(noun.) someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures.

(noun.) 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.

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解释:

(n.) One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated simpler forms of faith and worship than those established by law; -- originally, a term of reproach. The Puritans formed the bulk of the early population of New England.

(n.) One who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life; -- often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who has overstrict notions.

(a.) Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans.

整理:莫尼卡

解释:

n. one aiming at greater strictness in religious life esp. one of a religious and political party having such aims in the time of Elizabeth and the Stuarts.—adj. pertaining to the Puritans.—adjs. Pūritan′ic -al like a Puritan: rigid: exact.—adv. Pūritan′ically.—v.i. Pūr′itanise.—n. Pūr′itanism a puritan manner of life: strictness of life: simplicity and purity of worship: the notions or practice of Puritans.

校对:斯坦顿