hypocritical: implies an appearance of goodness, sincerity, or piety by one who is deficient in these qualities or who is corrupt, dishonest, or irreligious: had no use for such ~ gestures.


sanctimonious: implies an affectation or merely outward show of holiness or piety: made a ~ appearance in church every week.  affected做作，即装模作样营造效果不真诚不自然to do something in order to impress others,如his foreign accent is just an affectation他的外国口音只是做作表演）  在批判美国民主的虚伪时，有人这么说:"look, how sanctimonious we are"，看我们多虚伪


pharisaical: stresses close adherence to outward forms and a censorious attitude toward others' defects in these respects, coupled with little real concern for spiritual matters: always under the gaze of ~ neighbors.  （censorious严厉批判他人severely critical and condemnatory，如was censorious of petty failings对小毛病非常挑剔）    (法利赛人Pharisees: 一个犹太人宗派，曾在耶稣的时代很流行，但过于强调摩西律法的形式而不注重道理，因此显得伪善。八祸是对法利赛人的批判: "你们这假冒伪善的文士和法利赛人有祸了！因为你们好像粉饰的坟墓，外面好看，里面却装满了死人的骨头和一切的污秽。你们也是如此，在人前，外面显出公义来，里面却装满了伪善和不法的事"，"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness")


canting: implies the use of religious or pietistic language without evidence of underlying  religious feeling: a ~ moralist.  pietistic形容宗教语言过于狂热     moralist: 道学家;说教者;德育家,例句中是贬义  


hypocritical伪善的: 表示外表善良真诚虔敬但实际上不，或实际上腐败欺诈无宗教信仰，sanctimonious外表虔敬的: 表示假装或只是外表上显得神圣虔敬，pharisaical法利赛人的伪善的只注重形式的: 强调注重外在形式而并无精神追求，喜欢批判他人在形式上的缺点，canting狂热伪善的宗教语言: 使用狂热的宗教语言，但无宗教感情


记忆方法: 1）首字母HSPC是促使好评<==伪善是为了让别人称赞喜欢自己


         2）伪善的意思是假装美德虔敬mean affecting more virtue or religious devotion than one actually possesses.