prim ♦︎ demure ♦︎ prudishThese words all describe sb who behaves in a careful way and is easily shocked by anything connected with sex.這些詞均表示循規蹈矩的、古板守舊的、性觀念保守的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a prim / demure look◆very / rather prim / prudish■prim (especiallywritten, disapproving) always behaving in a careful, formal way and easily shocked by anything that is rude一本正經的;循規蹈矩的;古板的◆He had rather prim ideas about what things were suitable for the children.關於什麽東西適合孩子,他的想法相當古板。◆You can't tell her that joke-she's much too prim and proper.你可别跟她講那個笑話-她這個人古板正經得要命。▸primly
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◆'You're not supposed to say that,' she said primly.“你不該講那樣的話。”她一本正經地說。■demure dɪˈmjʊə(r); NAmEdɪˈmjʊr (especiallywritten) (of a woman or girl) behaving in a way that does not attract attention to herself or her body; quiet and serious; suggesting that a woman or girl is like this(女子)娴靜的,端莊的◆a demure young woman娴靜的年輕女子◆She wore the demure dresses approved of by her father.她穿的都是父親會贊成的莊重連衣裙。▸demurely
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◆She sat with her eyes demurely downwards.她坐在那兒,娴靜地垂下雙眸。■prudishˈpruːdɪʃ (disapproving) easily shocked by things connected with sex(對性問題)大驚小怪的,迂腐守舊的◆She can be quite prudish.她在性問題上相當傳統守舊。◆He grew up in the prudish moral climate of the late nineteenth century.他在19世紀末期迂腐的道德環境中長大。