prudish

美 [ˈpruːdɪʃ]英 [ˈpruːdɪʃ]
  • adj.假正经的;(对性问题)大惊小怪的,迂腐守旧的,伪善的

派生词: prudishness n.

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adj.

disapproving(对性问题)大惊小怪的,迂腐守旧的,伪善的
very easily shocked by things connected with sex

strait-laced

prudish

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    ADJ-GRADED (在性问题上)大惊小怪的,过分正经的;谈性色变的
    If you describe someone as prudish, you mean that they are too easily shocked by things relating to sex.

    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。

  • Older people will have grown up in a time of greater sexual prudishness.

    年纪稍大的人是在一个性观念更为保守的时代中成长起来的。

adj

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exaggeratedly proper
my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
Synonym: priggish prim prissy puritanical square-toed straitlaced strait-laced straightlaced straight-laced tight-laced victorian

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  1. I 'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene

    我并不是个守旧的人,但是我认为这些照片不堪入目。

  2. Chinese approach sex with an attitude that seems alternately more prudish and more open than that of westerners .

    西方人相比,中国人对于性的态度表面上假正经,事实上更加开放。

  3. Prudish instinct held me back but soon my restraint felt absurd .

    拘谨的本能让我有些退缩,但很快我就觉得这种克制有些荒唐。

  4. Less prudish , it appears , are some of India 's neighbours .

    印度的一些邻国们似乎并不那么假正经。

  5. This season 's fashion photography makes Robert Mapplethorpe look prudish .

    本季的时尚摄影令罗伯特•梅普勒索普(RobertMapplethorpe)显得有些过分规矩了。

  6. Americans retain a strong prudish streak .

    美国人保留着一种强烈的假正经的倾向。

  7. 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。

  8. A prudish refusal to enjoy rude jokes .

    拘谨得听不得粗俗的笑话。

  9. Yet we sit huddled in the dark like prudish cavemen , filled with shame . And guilt .

    但我们却像假装正经的野人一般,在黑暗中挤坐成一团,内心充满羞愧与自责。

  10. Another reason for the blandness is the dull censoring hand of the platform holders who are amazingly prudish .

    另一个“温和”的原因,就是某些无聊的平台厂商以他们的“审查之手”硬装活菩萨。

  11. But Oxford 's bitter rivals Cambridge University prove to be the most prudish - with the lowest amount of members in the whole country .

    但事实证明牛津大学的老对手剑桥大学却最正经,在全国来看注册人数最少。

  12. You may have a taste for more unusual forms of love , and you should not let an outmoded morality or a prudish partner hold you back from new experiences .

    对于那些异乎寻常的爱情模式你有着独特的品味,尽量不要因为那些老旧的道德观或过于古板的另一半而束缚你的对于它们的全新体验。

  13. 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。

  14. A comparison of attitudes in 24 countries found that Americans were tied with the Irish and Filipinos as the world 's most prudish when it comes to infidelity .

    比较24个国家人们的不同态度可以发现,美国人同爱尔兰人和菲律宾人一样,在不忠问题上最保守。

  15. Yet we sit huddled in the dark like prudish cavemen , filled with shame and ... and ... Guilt ... when the truth is , nobody understands sex .

    然而我们却蜷缩在黑暗中有如装正经的原始人充斥着羞耻和…和…罪恶感然而现实却是没人了解性。

  16. Only one person had preceded Tess up the hill-a ladylike young woman , somewhat interesting , though , perhaps , a trifle guind é e and prudish .

    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。

  17. At first , Mr. Chen 's candy-colored movie lands many of its gags through the fact that Mengjun , behind her pop-star-cutie face , still views the world through a prudish , nit-picking mind-set .

    一开始,这部有着糖果色彩的电影把很多笑料都放在沈梦君身上,她长着流行歌手般的漂亮面孔,却仍用假正经、挑剔的眼光看待世界。

  18. Due to demand she is now planning on selling prints of Judgements , however she says one minor tweak must be made first as the word ' prudish ' is spelled incorrectly , ' I didn 't catch that when I first did it .

    鉴于大家的需求,她正打算出售“评判”的印刷品,不过她说还需要做一个小改动,因为“prudish”(拘谨)这个词拼错了。