prim and proper
拘谨的
常用释义
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基本释义
- 拘谨的，一本正经的：形容一个人过分拘谨、保守、拘束或过分注重礼仪和规矩的行为或态度。
例句
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1·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。来源: 《牛津词典》
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2·We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.我们往往认为维多利亚时代的人非常古板、循规蹈矩。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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3·May is always prim and proper.梅总是很端正且很体面。
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4·She's much too prim and proper to enjoy such a rude joke.她太拘谨和正经，不会喜欢这种粗俗的笑话。
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5·Those young ladies are much too prim and proper to enjoy such a rude joke.这些年轻的女士们比较拘谨，行为中规中矩，欣赏不了这种粗俗的玩笑。
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6·If Grandfather were here, she thought, he would say that it was all my governess's fault for raising me to be so prim and proper!如果祖父在这儿，她心想，他一定会说都怪我的家庭教师把我培养得太古板了。