priggish

英 美
  • adj. 一本正经的;死板的;严格的
  • prig n.一本正经的人;自命不凡者;道学先生;小偷v.偷
  • priggery n.严格;装模作样;傲慢
  • priggish adj.一本正经的;死板的;严格的
  • priggism n.自负;假装;矫饰
Adjective:
  1. exaggeratedly proper;

    "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

1. We had music, and we had poetry, and - this will sound very priggish - we had this tremendous high-thinking life.
我们有音乐、诗歌,这听起来有点自负,但是我们确实过着这种精神生活。

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2. There was a tiny priggish warning voice in my ear which in the tones of Collins told me it was seemly to hold back.
我耳边响起一种微弱的,一本正经的,象科林斯的声音,警告我最好不要去。

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3. And the Late Tang Form secluded poets had a great priggish and lonely spirit that became a symbol of noble quality in the Song Dynasty and later periods.
而且,晚唐体隐逸诗人孤高傲世的绝世风神甚至成了宋代乃至后来人们心目中品质高洁的象征。

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4. And the Late Tang Form secluded poets had a great priggish and lonely spirit that became a symbol of noble quality in the Song Dynasty and later periods.
而且,晚唐体隐逸诗人孤高傲世的绝世风神甚至成了宋代乃至后来人们心目中品质高洁的象征。

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    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. Tintin's slightly priggish character fitted the times.
      丁丁的稍有几分一本正经的性格与那个时代是相吻合的。
    2. There was a tiny, priggish, warning voice in my ears which in the tones of Collins told me it was seemly to hold back.
      我耳边响起一种微弱的,一本正经的,象科林斯的声音,警告我最好不要去。

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