strait-laced
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ If you describe someone as strait-laced, you disapprove of them because they have very strict views about what kind of behaviour is moral or acceptable. 拘謹(jǐn)古板的[表不滿]
He was criticized for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded. 他被批評(píng)為乏味、古板守舊及心胸狹窄。
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strait-laced (also straitlaced)
劍橋詞典
- having old-fashioned and unchanging morals , especially relating to sexual matters
（尤指在性問(wèn)題上）古板的，拘謹(jǐn)?shù)?，保守?
The joke shocked her strait-laced parents . 這個(gè)笑話讓她古板的父母驚呆了。 返回 strait-laced