prudish
英 [ˈpruːdɪʃ]
美 [ˈpruːdɪʃ]
adj. (对性问题)大惊小怪的,迂腐守旧的,伪善的
BNC.33141 / COCA.32927
牛津词典
adj.
- (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
柯林斯词典
- 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 asprudish, 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。
- I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene.
英英释义
adj
- exaggeratedly proper
- my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
双语例句
- A prudish refusal to enjoy rude jokes.
拘谨得听不得粗俗的笑话。 - 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。 - He added that until two or three years ago India's government "was in denial mode" over the issue of HIV in a country known for its traditionally prudish attitudes toward sex.
他说,做为一个一向以性观念十分保守而著称的国度,印度政府直到2、3年以前还依然否定该国存在着颇为严重的艾滋病问题。 - 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。 - What would have been the point of a lie that make 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? - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。