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;