汉英词典
MEANING OF 潔身自好
潔身自好
(洁身自好)
clean-living and honest (idiom); to avoid immorality / to shun evil influence / to mind one's own business and keep out of trouble / to keep one's hands clean
Keep yourself pure and clean / It also refers to being afraid of causing trouble, just taking care of yourself and not caring about public affairs
指保持自身纯洁，不同流合污。也指怕招惹是非，只关心自己，不关心公众事情。
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他仍保持洁身自好。 He remained chaste. | ||
对大学新生而言洁身自好是很重要的。 It's important for the college freshman to keep his nose clean. | ||
可是，科学家就一定不会干这种事(能洁身自好？)吗？ But scientists, surely, are above that sort of thing? | ||
因为它们有不同凡俗的精神：勇敢、坚贞、顽强、不怕困难、洁身自好。 Because they have different secular spirit: courage, steadfast, strong, not afraid of difficulties, Clean living. | ||
没有人免于诽谤。最好的办法是对之不加理会，洁身自好，让世人说去吧- - -莫里哀，法国剧作家。 No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk — Moliere, French dramatist. | ||
“我一生只吻过一个女孩：那就是我的妻子桃乐丝，”他说道，“我在前线作战时一直洁身自好，虽然我知道很多人不是这样的。” I never gave my cherry away when I went to the front. I know a lot of men who did. | ||
