prudish

英['pruːdɪʃ] 美['pruːdɪʃ]
  • adj. 过分拘谨的;装规矩的;过份规矩的
GRE
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 过分拘谨的
    2. 装规矩的
    3. 伪善的
    4. 大惊小怪的
    5. 迂腐守旧的
    6. 一本正经的
    7. 假正经的
    8. 不通人情的
    9. 装淑女样子的
    10. 过分规矩的
    adv. (副词)
    1. 过分拘谨地

英英释义

Adjective:
  1. exaggeratedly proper;

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

1. I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene.
我并不是假正经的人,但我觉得这些照片非常淫秽。

来自辞典例句

2. 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.

来自辞典例句

3. Perhaps it was too prudish.
我这也许太拘谨了.

来自辞典例句

4. 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?

来自辞典例句

5. She is sexually not so much chaste as prudish.
她在两性关系方面不太守节,只不过是表面正经而已.

来自互联网

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. American culture is in many ways still fairly prudish.
      美国文化在许多方面还是相当拘谨的。
    2. I don't consider myself prudish but I do think the sex scenes in the film were a bit excessive.
      我不认为自己是过分规矩的,但是我确实认为电影里的性爱场面有点过火了。

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