primness

英[p'rɪmnəs] 美[p'rɪmnəs]
  • n. 呆滞;拘谨
  • prim adj.规规矩矩的;古板的;拘谨的;庄重的v.(使)一本正经;使整洁
  • prima adj.第一的;主要的
  • primacy n.第一;首位;卓越;(天主教)大主教的职位
  • primaeval adj.原古的;早期的=primeval.
  • primage n.运费贴补
Noun:
  1. excessive or affected modesty

  2. exaggerated and arrogant properness

1. She replied with a slight primness, "If you please."
她略带拘谨地回答道:“只要你愿意。”

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2. The primness of Indian cinema is at odds with wider society.
印度电影业的拘谨与整个社会环境并不相符。

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3. A country which tends towards primness by day is often alcohol-fueled and lustful by night.
这个白天一本正经的国家夜晚通常是酒色糜烂的。

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4. When I heard the word "stream" uttered with such a revolting primness, what I think of is urine and not the contemporary novel.
我听到有人用一种令人厌恶的拘谨口吻提到“流”,我想到的不是当代小说,而是小便。

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5. Robert Audley looked at the rigid primness of the orderly grounds, wondering how George could have grown up in such a place to be the frank, generous, careless friend whom he had known.
罗伯特·奥德利瞧着这秩序井然的土地的僵硬死板的外貌,心中纳罕:乔治在这么一个地方,是怎么长成这么一个他所熟悉的、那么坦白直率、宽宏大量,无忧无虑的朋友的。

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6. Robert Audley looked at the rigid primness of the orderly grounds, wondering how George could have grown up in such a place to be the frank, generous, careless friend whom he had known.
罗伯特·奥德利瞧着这秩序井然的土地的僵硬死板的外貌,心中纳罕:乔治在这么一个地方,是怎么长成这么一个他所熟悉的、那么坦白直率、宽宏大量,无忧无虑的朋友的。

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