Superstitious
[suːpə'stɪʃəs;sjuː-] or ['sʊpɚ'stɪʃəs]
解释:
(adj.) showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance; 'finally realized that the horror he felt was superstitious in origin' .
录入:罗莎莉--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or manifesting, superstition; as, superstitious rites; superstitious observances.
(a.) Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion.
(a.) Overexact; scrupulous beyond need.
校对:梅勒妮
例句:
- Legree, like most godless and cruel men, was superstitious. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- He fell back a few steps, and looked at me with an expression of compassionate curiosity, tempered by superstitious awe. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- As history goes on the Greeks became more religious and superstitious as the faiths of the conquered welled up from below. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- That is why the opposition generated will seem superstitious to the next generation. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- This is a kind of superstitious practice in civil laws, and in the laws of nature, resembling the Roman catholic superstitions in religion. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Protestants are rarely superstitious; these morbid fancies will not beset _you? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- I conceive that you ignorantly worship; in all things you appear to me too superstitious. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- My dear, you are surely not superstitious? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- He posed as a king, but his ruling passion was that common obsession of our kind, the pursuit of women, tempered by a superstitious fear of hell. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Such a thing was unheard of, and it clouded their superstitious minds with all manner of vague fears. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- But I confess I am almost superstitious in my ideas about business. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- It is really difficult to believe one’s own senses, and no wonder that it inspires the superstitious with a feeling of awe. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- No more is needed to completely shatter the last remnant of my superstitious belief in the divinity of Issus. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- On September 3rd, 1658, Cromwell died in the midst of a great storm that did not fail to impress the superstitious. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Christ knew how to preach to these simple, superstitious, disease-tortured creatures: He healed the sick. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- There was no effective prohibition of superstitious practices, spirit raising, incantations, prostrations, and supplementary worships. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- I believe I am superstitious. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Thirdly, because Anastatia is a little superstitious on the subject and feels averse to my giving away anybody until baby is old enough to be married. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I am not superstitious; I have read a heap of books in my time; I am a scholar in my own way. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- They offered us only the most courteous treatment, but were evidently bound by their superstitious belief in the doctrine of Dor and Iss and Korus. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- The superstitious Samaritans have always been afraid to hunt for it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- My bailiff (a superstitious idiot) says he is quite sure the lake has a curse on it, like the Dead Sea. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Then Mbonga emerged, a look of mingled wrath and superstitious fear writ upon his hideous countenance. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- And she was superstitious. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Never, nor am I naturally superstitious or weak. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- The Babylonian records of med icine like those of astronomy reveal the prevalence of many superstitious beliefs. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- The dropping of the thing out of the open sky was a miracle well aimed to work upon their superstitious fears. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
校对:梅勒妮