puritanical

英 [ˌpjʊərɪˈtænɪkl]

美 [ˌpjʊrɪˈtænɪkl]

adj.  清教徒式的; 道德极严格的

BNC.21598 / COCA.23648

牛津词典

adj.

• 清教徒式的；道德极严格的
  having very strict moral attitudes
  1. Their parents had a puritanical streak and didn't approve of dancing.
     他们的父母管教颇严格，不赞成跳舞。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 有严格道德标准的；道学先生的
  If you describe someone aspuritanical, you mean that they have very strict moral principles, and often try to make other people behave in a more moral way.
  1. ...puritanical fathers...
     古板严厉的父亲
  2. He has a puritanical attitude towards sex.
     他在性问题上主张克制，反对纵欲。

英英释义

adj

• morally rigorous and strict
  1. the puritan work ethic
  2. puritanic distaste for alcohol
  3. she was anything but puritanical in her behavior
  Synonym:blue(a)puritanic
• exaggeratedly proper
  1. my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
  Synonym:priggishprimprissyprudishsquare-toedstraitlacedstrait-lacedstraightlacedstraight-lacedtight-lacedvictorian
• of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism

双语例句

• On the Religious Emotion Revealed in the Poetry of Puritanical Christina Georgina Rossetti
  重新发现克里斯蒂娜·乔治娜·罗塞蒂克里斯蒂娜·罗塞蒂诗歌中的宗教情怀
• A Forceful Attack Against Puritanical Concept of Woman Morals ── On the tragic image of the heroine in The Sound and The Fury
  对清教妇道观的有力抨击&评《喧哗与骚动》中女主人公的悲剧形象
• He has a puritanical attitude towards sex.
  他在性问题上主张克制，反对纵欲。
• To pretend we are still living in a puritanical village is not only out of touch with reality, but will have disastrous results.
  现在若假装我们还生活在一个极端封闭的村庄里，这不仅是不现实，而且还会带来灾难性的后果。
• So they get this interesting reversal that Protestantism was often a puritanical reaction against that until recently, when many believe sex, are quite happy with the idea.
  因此在性上有个有趣的逆转，新教对于性一直都是严格禁欲的，反对的，直到最近人，都对性没有什么不爽。
• Blue laws; the puritan work ethic; puritanic distaste for alcohol; she was anything but puritanical in her behavior.
  严格的法律；严谨的职业道德；对酒的严格禁止；她的行为决不是严谨的。
• But in the puritanical, modern business world, judgment is warped by something more pernicious: fear of lust and fear of alcohol.
  但在清教徒式的现代商业世界，判断被更为致命的东西所扭曲：对欲望和酒精的恐惧。
• A puritanical attitude, conscience, upbringing
  清教徒式的态度、良心、教养
• Views on sex and marriage have swung from one extreme to another& from the extremely puritanical to the free-wheeling.
  人们对性爱和婚姻的看法从一个极端走向另一个极端&从保守变为开放。
• She is very puritanical about sex.
  她在性问题上非常拘谨。