基本释义
- adj.
- 过分拘谨的
词性变化
- 名词:prudishness;
实用例句
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.
辞典例句
Perhaps it was too prudish.
我这也许太拘谨了.
辞典例句
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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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.
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英英释义
Adjective
1. exaggeratedly proper;
"my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"