prim

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  • adj.
    循规蹈矩的
    整洁的
    (人)一本正经
  • adv.
    循规蹈矩地,整洁地
  • v.
    (使)一本正经
    使整洁

单词词源

prim 一本正经的,古板的

来自古法语prim,精致的,精确的,来自拉丁语primus,最早的,最好的,词源同prime.后引申词义过分注重举止的,一本正经的,古板的。

双语例句

1. The ads range from prim to raunchy ; a good number of people include photographs of precisely what they have to offer .
广告范围从一本正经的到肮脏下流的,相当数量的人真的为他们能提供的“家伙”上传了照片。
2. One vestige of colonial rule in particular - a prim attitude about public manners-has been a common source of disputes between locals and mainland visitors .
尤其是殖民统治的一个遗迹有关公共礼仪的一本正经态度已经成为当地人与大陆游客争论的焦点。
3. In mr verity 's translation , achilles 's outburst above becomes the prim " I abominate his gifts , and I value him no more than a splinter . "
在维里蒂的翻译中,阿喀琉斯的上述怒骂变得非常一本正经“他的礼物可憎可厌,他于我不过一根木刺”。
4. Her mother , on the other hand , was a proud member of the united daughters of the confederacy , a prim and proper southern lady .
而她的母亲荣为联盟国之女联合会的成员,是一个古板的南方淑女。
5. 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。

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