exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn''t approve of my miniskirts" 同义词:priggish, prim, prissy, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian,
例句与用法
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Perhaps it was too prudish . 我这也许太拘谨了。
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She was sexually not so much chaste as prudish . 她对男女关系与其说是注重贞节,毋宁说是持身谨慎。
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What would have been the point of a lie that makes him out a prudish simpleton ? 如果你是撒谎,那只能使他显得是个不通人情的傻瓜蛋,这样的撒谎又有什么意思?
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Dolly : i ' m not what you think , corinne . i ' m not prudish at all 朵莉:我不是你想的那种人,我一点也不过分拘谨。
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You cannot fault the distributor for being prudish about screens . it s just business 不过你也不能怪他们,始终这是一盘生意。
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You cannot fault the distributor for being prudish about screens . it s just business 不过你也不能怪他们,始终这是一盘生意。
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A prudish girl guides instructor teresa takes a group of 6 girl guides for overseas training 古板的童军教练杜丽莎带领六名童军到海外集训。
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To them , the heartbeat of many people moves beyond the mind of the one ; the actions taken in the heat of frenzied dance reflect basic human impulse unfettered by reasoning or prudish mores 对于他们来说,万众一心比一意孤行要强大;那火辣疯狂的舞蹈冲破了世俗的枷锁反映出人的本性。
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The card drew some criticism from prudish victorians because it shows some of the family enjoying a glass of wine , but that did n ' t stop the practice of sending cards from catching on 奥尔德里奇表示,他对此成交价感到十分满意,这张卡片能留在英国贺卡行业圈子内是一件让人感到欣慰的事情。
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Only one person had preceded tess up the hill - a ladylike young woman , somewhat interesting , though , perhaps , a trifle guinde and prudish . tess had nearly overtaken her when the speed of her brothers - in - law brought them so nearly behind her back that she could hear every word of their conversation 在上山的路上,只有一个人走在苔丝的前面一位小姐模样的姑娘,虽然她也许有一种故作高傲和过分拘谨的样子,但还是有几分惹人注意。