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prudish的意思
prudish
英 ['prud]
美 ['prud]
- adj. 装正经的；过分规矩的
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.
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。
来自辞典例句
- 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.
来自辞典例句
- 3. Perhaps it was too prudish.
- 我这也许太拘谨了.
来自辞典例句
- 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?
来自辞典例句
- 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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