出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第73页(229字)
表示一派正经严肃的样子,例《儒林外史》里对一些道貌岸然的所谓正人君子作了很辛辣的讽刺。
In the novel“The Scholars”,some very biting remarks were made on the so-called men of honour who behaved in such a prim and proper way.