中文翻译与英英解释 | adj. 1.〔P-〕清教徒的;清教主义的。 2.〔p-〕宗教[道德]上极端拘谨的。 adv. -ically
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| of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
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| morally rigorous and strict; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior" 同义词:blue, puritanic,
| | exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn''t approve of my miniskirts" 同义词:priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian,
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例句与用法 | 1. | In the black protestant church i entered a new world: prim, brown, puritanical girls who taught in the public schools . 我走进黑人新教堂,就犹如进入了一个新的世界;这里有在公立学校教书的、拘谨的、棕肤色的清教徒式的女子。
| | 2. | Sure , i hate those puritanical buggers back home ? i hate ' em with all my guts 当然,我恨国内那伙拘谨的家伙,我打心里恨他们。
| | 3. | The youth of ' the roaring twenties ' abandoned the puritanical ways of the victorians and started to party again “喧嚣的20年代”的年轻人摒弃了维多利亚女王时代的极端拘谨方式,又重新开始享乐。
| | 4. | For example , look at the puritanical procureur , who has just lost his daughter , and in fact nearly all his family , in so singular a manner ; morcerf dishonored and dead ; and then myself covered with ridicule through the villany of benedetto ; besides " - 举例来说,看看那清正严谨的检察官所遭遇的怪事,他虽然刚失去了他的女儿,而事实上他的全家几乎都已经死光了,马尔塞夫已经身败名裂自杀身亡,而我因受贝尼代托的耻辱,而受尽人家的奚落。 ”
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