Bible-thumping
adjective[before noun]
informal disapprovingmainlyUSuk/ˈbaɪ.bəlˌθʌm.pɪŋ/us/ˈbaɪ.bəlˌθʌm.pɪŋ/(also mainlyUKBible-bashing)tryingin aforcefulorenthusiasticway topersuadepeopletobelievein theChristianreligionand theBible, or used todescribeaplacewherepeopledo this:
笃信基督教的；宣讲福音的Hegrewup in theSouthin a Bible-thumpingPentecostalfamily.他在南方一个笃信五旬节派的家庭长大。
She wasbornin the Bible-thumping Arkansastownof Lonoke.她出生在阿肯色州那个笃信基督教的洛诺克镇。
See
Bible-thumper
- I'm not a bible-thumpingpersonat all.
- He is notyourstereotypicalBible-thumping pro-lifer.
- His Bible-thumpingrhetoricfoundlittleechoamong the district'sCatholicvoters.
Enthusiasts
- -aholic
- -oholic
- -phile
- aficionado
- anglophile
- anorak
- armchair
- audiophile
- faddist
- fan favourite
- fanatic
- fanboy
- fandom
- numismatist
- otaku
- people watcher
- philatelist
- watcher
- Whovian
- zealot
Bible-thumping
noun[U]
informal disapprovingmainlyUSuk/ˈbaɪ.bəlˌθʌm.pɪŋ/us/ˈbaɪ.bəlˌθʌm.pɪŋ/(also mainlyUKBible-bashing)behaviourthatinvolvestryingin aforcefulorenthusiasticway topersuadepeopletobelievein theChristianreligionand theBible:
笃信基督教；宣讲福音Moderate Republicans wereturnedoff by his Bible-thumping.温和派的共和党人对他的讲经布道没有兴趣。
They need someone who is lessproneto bible-thumping andpreaching.他们需要一个不爱宣讲福音和传经布道的人。
- It is anationmarkedbyprodigiousBible-thumping.
- Asecularideology, not bible-thumping, isrequired.
- The movie'sspiritualunderpinnings sometimesveerinto Bible-thumping.
Excited, interested and enthusiastic
- ablaze
- aflame
- aflutter
- agog
- all of a flutteridiom
- amped
- animated
- evangelical
- evangelistic
- excited
- excitedly
- exhilarated
- fevered
- go ahead
- heartily
- mood
- nuts
- omnivorous
- on the edge ofyourseatidiom
- orientated