- prudish
- ['pru:diʃ]
- adj. 装正经的；过分规矩的
同义词
参考例子
- 1.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？
- 2.When Obama realised his comment might cause offence to an often prudish American public he pleaded with the journalist to "cut the president some slack".
- 当奥巴马意识到他的评论可能会冒犯到常常过分拘谨的美国公众时，他恳求记者们“放总统一马”。
- 3.The Victorians were a prudish bunch and they outlawed depiction of nudity for all but the upper class, who they felt had the moral strength to cope with the images.
- 维多利亚女皇非常保守，她禁止了所有关于裸体的描写，唯独对上层社会例外，因为他们认为这些人有强烈的道德观念，可以应付得了这些图像。
英文解释
- adj.
- 1.exaggeratedly proper
网络释义
- prudish
- 装正经的; 过分规矩的; 装规矩的; 装淑女样子的;
- hypocritical and prudish
- 假正经;