puritanical

英 [ˌpjʊərɪˈtænɪkl]

美 [ˌpjʊrɪˈtænɪkl]

adj.  清教徒式的; 道德极严格的

BNC.21598 / COCA.23648

牛津词典

adj.

• 清教徒式的；道德极严格的
  having very strict moral attitudes
  1. Their parents had a puritanical streak and didn't approve of dancing.
     他们的父母管教颇严格，不赞成跳舞。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 有严格道德标准的；道学先生的
  If you describe someone aspuritanical, you mean that they have very strict moral principles, and often try to make other people behave in a more moral way.
  1. ...puritanical fathers...
     古板严厉的父亲
  2. He has a puritanical attitude towards sex.
     他在性问题上主张克制，反对纵欲。

英英释义

adj

• morally rigorous and strict
  1. the puritan work ethic
  2. puritanic distaste for alcohol
  3. she was anything but puritanical in her behavior
  Synonym:blue(a)puritanic
• exaggeratedly proper
  1. my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
  Synonym:priggishprimprissyprudishsquare-toedstraitlacedstrait-lacedstraightlacedstraight-lacedtight-lacedvictorian
• of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism

双语例句

• It's not surprising that he reacted against his puritanical upbringing.
  他反对所接受的清教徒式的教育，这一点也不奇怪。
• They are the real rebels against the harsh Puritanical rules.
  她们是父权制的真正反抗者。
• A puritanical distaste for alcohol.
  像清教徒似的对酒类的厌恶。
• As a teenager, he rebelled against his puritanical upbringing.
  在他十几岁时，他激烈反抗他所受的清教式管教。
• So they get this interesting reversal that Protestantism was often a puritanical reaction against that until recently, when many believe sex, are quite happy with the idea.
  因此在性上有个有趣的逆转，新教对于性一直都是严格禁欲的，反对的，直到最近人，都对性没有什么不爽。
• But in the puritanical, modern business world, judgment is warped by something more pernicious: fear of lust and fear of alcohol.
  但在清教徒式的现代商业世界，判断被更为致命的东西所扭曲：对欲望和酒精的恐惧。
• To pretend we are still living in a puritanical village is not only out of touch with reality, but will have disastrous results.
  现在若假装我们还生活在一个极端封闭的村庄里，这不仅是不现实，而且还会带来灾难性的后果。
• In comparison with Daudet, Hawthorne was puzzled by the puritanical pessimistic opinions, showed us moral standards and the ethical expectation of the modern people rethinking on the wages of sin.
  显恶与惩恶的主题安排同时彰显了其小说叙事应坚守的道德底线，反映了现代人们的伦理期待。
• Penny was anything but puritanical.
  彭妮一点也不严肃古板。
• Views on sex and marriage have swung from one extreme to another& from the extremely puritanical to the free-wheeling.
  人们对性爱和婚姻的看法从一个极端走向另一个极端&从保守变为开放。