pious acts
虔诚之举
pious sentiments
虚情假意
Such reforms seem likely to remain little more than pious hopes.
这类改革可能只是画饼充饥而已。
1.虔诚的,信神的
2.以宗教为口实的,以敬神为名的;伪善的
3.〈古〉孝顺的;有善良意向的
1.strict in your religious beliefs and practices
2.done or said with the intention of seeming religious and moral
1.Only pious prigs care about when he chooses to get married, or to sign his children's birth certificates, or whatever.
当他选择结婚生子等事情的时候，只有一些虔诚的正人君子关注。
2.She raised herself up in bed with a pious look on her face and pointing out the window, she said, "Don't sell that cow! "
老院长直起身子，虔诚的指着窗外，说：“千万别卖那头牛！”
3.She was an old, garrulous woman, a pawnbroker's widow, who collected used stamps for some pious purpose.
她上了年纪，好唠叨，她故去的丈夫是典当商，为了某种虔诚的原因收集邮票。
4.Nobody gave and answer . Only the pious said she was a bad woman. While some of the good women kept silence. They knew.
无人解开谜底，只有那些教徒们说她是不忠的女人，但一些本份的女人却保持缄默，其实她们心里明白。
5.He knew it would take someone more pious than himself to banish the ghost of the murdered man and reclaim the money for God.
他知道它将采取虔诚某人比他自己驱逐被谋杀的人的鬼魂和索还上帝的金钱。
6.There he found David, pouring out his pious feelings, through the only medium in which he ever indulged.
他在这儿找到了大卫，他正以自己那已经入迷的唯一方式，在倾吐着虔诚的感情。
7.On rumored ancient folk worship ugly no salt, pious worship during childhood on, grow up to superior moral palace, but do not drive.
相传古代齐国丑女无盐，幼年时曾虔诚拜月，长大后，以超群品德入宫，但未被宠幸。
8.Raised in a humble home, St. Helena is later canonized for her pious works and her relentless search for christian relics.
海伦娜出身低微，但因其虔诚和对基督遗物坚持不懈的追寻而获封圣徒。
9.Afterward he became most pious, and was heard to say that only the Maiden could replace Queen Rhaella in his heart.
此后，他变得极其虔诚——再就是听人说他自述，没有人能代替女王Rhaella在他心中的位置。
10.For all the pious claim that examinations test what you know, it is common knowledge that they more often do the exact opposite.
考试就是测验你知道什么，对于所有这些虔诚的说法，普遍认为往往适得其反。