prudish

英 [ˈpruːdɪʃ]

美 [ˈpruːdɪʃ]

adj.  (对性问题)大惊小怪的，迂腐守旧的，伪善的

GRE

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.
  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。

英英释义

adj

• exaggeratedly proper
  1. my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
  Synonym:priggishprimprissypuritanicalsquare-toedstraitlacedstrait-lacedstraightlacedstraight-lacedtight-lacedvictorian

双语例句

• Another reason for the blandness is the dull censoring hand of the platform holders who are amazingly prudish.
  另一个“温和”的原因，就是某些无聊的平台厂商以他们的“审查之手”硬装活菩萨。
• A prudish refusal to enjoy rude jokes.
  拘谨得听不得粗俗的笑话。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Americans retain a strong prudish streak.
  美国人保留着一种强烈的假正经的倾向。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。