priggish

• adj. 一本正经的；死板的；严格的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. exaggeratedly proper;

   "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Tintin's slightly priggish character fitted the times.
   丁丁的稍有几分一本正经的性格与那个时代是相吻合的。
2. There was a tiny, priggish, warning voice in my ears which in the tones of Collins told me it was seemly to hold back.
   我耳边响起一种微弱的，一本正经的，象科林斯的声音，警告我最好不要去。

经典引文

• To these unhappy creatures Augustine addressed priggish rebukes.

  出自： R. West

• 'Alternative medicine doesn't interest me,' said Halina. She knew she sounded priggish.

  出自： E. Feinstein

词汇搭配

• prig 一本正经的人...

近反义词

【近义词】

• straitlaced 严格的
• square-toed 方头鞋的
• puritanical 极端拘谨的
• straight-laced 古板拘谨的
• prim 规规矩矩的
• prissy 谨小慎微的
• tight-laced 带子扣得很紧的...
• prudish 过分拘谨的
• strait-laced 固守道德观念的...
• straightlaced 严格的