1ADJ-GRADED 极拘谨的;一本正经的;古板的 If you describe someone as prim, you disapprove of them because they behave too correctly and are too easily shocked by anything rude. 极拘谨的;一本正经的;古板的 [disapproval]
We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.
prim ♦︎ demure ♦︎ prudishThese words all describe sb who behaves in a careful way and is easily shocked by anything connected with sex.这些词均表示循规蹈矩的、古板守旧的、性观念保守的。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一本正经的;循规蹈矩的;古板的◆He had rather prim ideas about what things were suitable for the children.关于什么东西适合孩子,他的想法相当古板。◆You can't tell her that joke-she's much too prim and proper.你可别跟她讲那个笑话-她这个人古板正经得要命。▸primly
adverb
◆'You're not supposed to say that,' she said primly.“你不该讲那样的话。”她一本正经地说。■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)娴静的,端庄的◆a demure young woman娴静的年轻女子◆She wore the demure dresses approved of by her father.她穿的都是父亲会赞成的庄重连衣裙。▸demurely
adverb
◆She sat with her eyes demurely downwards.她坐在那儿,娴静地垂下双眸。■prudishˈpruːdɪʃ (disapproving) easily shocked by things connected with sex(对性问题)大惊小怪的,迂腐守旧的◆She can be quite prudish.她在性问题上相当传统守旧。◆He grew up in the prudish moral climate of the late nineteenth century.他在19世纪末期迂腐的道德环境中长大。