primness
拘谨
常用释义
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基本释义
- n. 呆滞;拘谨;一本正经
例句
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1·She replied with a slight primness, "If you please."她略带拘谨地回答道:“只要你愿意。”
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2·The primness of Indian cinema is at odds with wider society.印度电影业的拘谨与整个社会环境并不相符。
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3·A country which tends towards primness by day is often alcohol-fueled and lustful by night.这个白天一本正经的国家夜晚通常是酒色糜烂的。
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4·When I heard the word "stream" uttered with such a revolting primness, what I think of is urine and not the contemporary novel.我听到有人用一种令人厌恶的拘谨口吻提到“流”,我想到的不是当代小说,而是小便。
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5·Robert Audley looked at the rigid primness of the orderly grounds, wondering how George could have grown up in such a place to be the frank, generous, careless friend whom he had known.罗伯特·奥德利瞧着这秩序井然的土地的僵硬死板的外貌,心中纳罕:乔治在这么一个地方,是怎么长成这么一个他所熟悉的、那么坦白直率、宽宏大量,无忧无虑的朋友的。
同义词
n.
呆滞;拘谨;一本正经
同根词
词根:
prim
prime
adj
主要的;最好的;基本的
prim
adj
拘谨的;整洁的;呆板的
prime
adv
极好地
primly
adv
拘谨地
prime
n
初期;青年;精华;全盛时期
primer
n
初级读本;识字课本;原始物
primality
n
原始;首要;根本;素性
prime
vi
作准备