prudish
英 [ˈpruːdɪʃ]
美 [ˈpruːdɪʃ]
adj. (对性问题)大惊小怪的，迂腐守旧的，伪善的
BNC.33141 / COCA.32927
牛津词典
adj.
- （对性问题）大惊小怪的，迂腐守旧的，伪善的
very easily shocked by things connected with sex
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED （在性问题上）大惊小怪的，过分正经的；谈性色变的
If you describe someone asprudish, you mean that they are too easily shocked by things relating to sex.- 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。
- I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene.
英英释义
adj
- exaggeratedly proper
- my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
双语例句
- Dolly: I'm not what you think, corinne. I'm not prudish at all.
朵莉：我不是你想的那种人，我一点也不过分拘谨。 - He added that until two or three years ago India's government "was in denial mode" over the issue of HIV in a country known for its traditionally prudish attitudes toward sex.
他说，做为一个一向以性观念十分保守而著称的国度，印度政府直到2、3年以前还依然否定该国存在着颇为严重的艾滋病问题。 - What would have been the point of a lie that make 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？ - Yet we sit huddled in the dark like prudish cavemen, filled with shame. And guilt.
但我们却像假装正经的野人一般，在黑暗中挤坐成一团，内心充满羞愧与自责。 - I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene
我并不是个守旧的人，但是我认为这些照片不堪入目。 - This season's fashion photography makes Robert Mapplethorpe look prudish.
本季的时尚摄影令罗伯特•梅普勒索普（RobertMapplethorpe）显得有些过分规矩了。 - Prudish instinct held me back but soon my restraint felt absurd.
拘谨的本能让我有些退缩，但很快我就觉得这种克制有些荒唐。 - Chinese approach sex with an attitude that seems alternately more prudish and more open than that of westerners.
西方人相比，中国人对于性的态度表面上假正经，事实上更加开放。 - A prudish refusal to enjoy rude jokes.
拘谨得听不得粗俗的笑话。 - A comparison of attitudes in 24 countries found that Americans were tied with the Irish and Filipinos as the world's most prudish when it comes to infidelity.
比较24个国家人们的不同态度可以发现，美国人同爱尔兰人和菲律宾人一样，在不忠问题上最保守。