prudish

英 ['pruːdɪʃ] 美['prudɪʃ]
  • adj. 装正经的;过分规矩的

GRE畅通词汇

词态变化


名词: prudishness;

助记提示


1. proud => prude => prudish.
2. prude 与 prudent 没什么关系。
3. shortened from prude de femme (prude of femme).
4. 其后,含义加重,导致物极必反:=> overvirtuousness.

中文词源


prudish 大惊小怪的,迂腐的

来自prude,大惊小怪的人,-ish,形容词后缀。

英文词源


prudish (adj.)
1717, from prude (adj.) + -ish. Related: Prudishly; prudishness.

双语例句


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。

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2. She was sexually not so much chaste as prudish.
她对男女关系与其说是注重贞节,毋宁说是持身谨慎.

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3. Perhaps it was too prudish.
我这也许太拘谨了.

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4. What would have been the point of a lie that makes him out a prudish simpleton?
如果你是撒谎,那只能使他显得是个不通人情的傻瓜蛋,这样的撒谎又有什么意思?

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5. She is sexually not so much chaste as prudish.
她在两性关系方面不太守节,只不过是表面正经而已.

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