a deception intended to benefit those deceived, especially to strengthen religious belief
(尤指为强化宗教信仰而实施对受骗者有益的)善意的欺骗,虔诚的欺骗。
n. 善意的欺骗;虔诚的欺骗
Bodily violence, provided it be the hasty expression of normal provoked resentment and not vicious cruelty, cannot harm a child as this sort of pious fraud harms it.
肉体上的暴力行为,如果只是仓促的表达了正常被激发出的厌恶情绪而并非是恶意的摧残的话,对儿童就不可能造成像这类虚伪的欺骗所造成的 伤害。
Into the blackest depths of this violation of children's souls one can hardly bear to look; for here we find pious fraud masking the violation of the body by obscene cruelty.
没有人敢探究对孩子灵魂施暴最黑暗的深处;至少在这我们发现可憎的虐待利用虚伪的欺骗为肉体施暴蒙上了一层面纱。
But first the young Toodles, victims of a pious fraud, were deluded into repairing in a body to a chandler's shop in the neighbourhood, for the ostensible purpose of spending a penny;
但是首先是把年轻的图德尔们(他们是一个意向善良的骗局的牺牲品)哄骗到一个邻近的零售店里去,表面上的理由是让他们把一个便士在那里花掉。
a deception intended to benefit those deceived, especially to strengthen religious belief
(尤指为强化宗教信仰而实施对受骗者有益的)善意的欺骗,虔诚的欺骗。