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demure adj.
⇨ prim prim adjective prim ♦︎ demure ♦︎ prudishThese words all describe sb who behaves in a careful way and is easily shocked by anything connected with sex. 这些词均表示循规蹈矩的、古板守旧的、性观念保守的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a prim / demure look◆very / rather prim / prudish■ prim (especially written, disapproving) always behaving in a careful, formal way and easily shocked by anything that is rude 一本正经的；循规蹈矩的；古板的◆He had rather prim ideas about what things were suitable for the children.关于什么东西适合孩子，他的想法相当古板。◆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。▸ primly adverb ◆'You're not supposed to say that,' she said primly.“你不该讲那样的话。”她一本正经地说。■ demure / /dɪˈmjʊə(r); NAmE dɪˈmjʊr/ (especially written) (of a woman or girl) behaving in a way that does not attract attention to herself or her body; quiet and serious; suggesting that a woman or girl is like this （女子）娴静的，端庄的◆a demure young woman娴静的年轻女子◆She wore the demure dresses approved of by her father.她穿的都是父亲会赞成的庄重连衣裙。▸ demurely adverb ◆She sat with her eyes demurely downwards.她坐在那儿，娴静地垂下双眸。■ prudish /ˈpruːdɪʃ/ / (disapproving) easily shocked by things connected with sex （对性问题）大惊小怪的，迂腐守旧的◆She can be quite prudish.她在性问题上相当传统守旧。◆He grew up in the prudish moral climate of the late nineteenth century.他在19世纪末期迂腐的道德环境中长大。 |