actingas if one is morally better than other people have a holier-than-thou manner acting as if one is morally better than other people
He has always sounded holier-than-thou.
他说话总显得自命清高。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》He has always sounded holier-than-thou.
他说话总是显得自命清高。
—— 柯林斯例句We never profess to be aloof from politics and material pursuit.
我们从不自命清高。
—— 给力词典精选She is too aloof to make friends easily.
她太自命清高了,很难交到朋友。
—— 给力词典精选He took his pleasures in general singly.
他一向自命清高,孤芳自赏。
—— 给力词典精选