prig
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [pr?ɡ]
- 美式音標(biāo) [pr?ɡ]
- 國際音標(biāo) [priɡ]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n.一本正經(jīng)的人；自命不凡者；道學(xué)先生；小媮
- v.媮
英漢例句
- The transition from libertine to prig was so complete.
從自由不羈到一本正經(jīng)，這樣的轉(zhuǎn)變實(shí)在是太徹底了。 - He had been railed against by them as a prig and a poseur.
他們責(zé)罵他是一個沾沾自喜、裝腔作勢的人。
dict.cn - He's a prig and I wish he had lost his primary to that tattooed guy who likes me.
他那麼自命不凡，我希望他在本黨初選裡輸給那個喜歡我的滿是紋身的家夥。 - This Hoover is a tyrant, a liar, and a prig, but he is also, in his impacted way, capable of love.
NEWYORKER: The Man in Charge - Thus, as the affair dragged on, Starr was effectively portrayed as a self-righteous prig, who, lacking any sense of proportion, had gone on a monomaniacal crusade to "get" the President.
FORBES: Fact And Comment - Olivier is a fastidious prig and congenital hypochondriac.
ECONOMIST: New fiction 2
雙語例句
權(quán)威例句
英英字典
- a person who obeys the rules of correct behaviour and considers himself or herself to be morally better than other people
- If you call someone a prig, you disapprove of them because they behave in a very moral way and disapprove of other people's behaviour as though they are superior.
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