prudish

英 [ˈpruː.dɪʃ]      美 [ˈpruː.dɪʃ]
  • adj. 装正经的;过分规矩的
星级词汇:
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1. proud => prude => prudish.
2. prude 与 prudent 没什么关系。
3. shortened from prude de femme (prude of femme).
4. 其后,含义加重,导致物极必反:=> overvirtuousness.
prudish 大惊小怪的,迂腐的

来自prude,大惊小怪的人,-ish,形容词后缀。

prudish (adj.)
1717, from prude (adj.) + -ish. Related: Prudishly; prudishness.
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。
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.
3. Perhaps it was too prudish.
我这也许太拘谨了.
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?
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.

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