prudery
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 ['pru?d?r?]
- 美式音標 [?prud?ri]
- 國際音標 ['pru:d?ri]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n.拘謹,(尤指對性問題)大驚小怪
詞根記憶
- 法語詞,由prude(n.過分拘謹的人)而來
英漢例句
- A woman of artifice and prudery.
善使詭計而又故作正經的女性。 - We think of it as a time of buttoned-up prudery and repression —and it was —but loosen the corset of 1860s England and out spills the kink.
大家的印象中,那是一個沉默的假道學和壓抑的時代——是的——但松開19世紀60年代英格蘭的塑身衣,蹦出來的是變態(tài)。 - Joe wondered whether their prudery would ruin things, or add even more hilarity.
喬懷疑了無論他們的裝規(guī)矩將會毀滅事物或增加甚至更多的歡鬧心情。 - Not that Mr Gay defends the contemporary notion of Victorian values: censorious prudery or embarrassed euphemisms.
ECONOMIST: Victorian values revisited - What is political correctness but Victorian prudery in modern dress?
ECONOMIST: Who has been lying about whose age? - So God forbid piety, but long live prudery.
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專業(yè)釋義
- 假裝正經