prude

常見(jiàn)例句

I want to keep her happy, though, and I feel a prude –and I know she gets disappointed.
我想讓她快樂(lè)，盡管如此，我感覺(jué)自己太古板，我知道她會(huì)很失望的。
Being a virgin is still equated these days with being a prude, which is not who I am at all.
做一個(gè)處女，現(xiàn)在還跟做一個(gè)死正經(jīng)的女人等效——這可根本就不是我想要的。
While it may sound a bit like the sentiments of an overbearing father who, like, totally doesn't get it, the unsolicited fashion advice is less about being prude and more about saving lives.
雖然這聽(tīng)起來(lái)可能有點(diǎn)像是一位通管一切的父親多余的擔(dān)心，但實(shí)際上完全不是這么回事，這個(gè)主動(dòng)提供的穿衣建議更多的是為了挽救生命，而不是假正經(jīng)。

And Diana said, Really, Howard, Mr. Prude in the nude?
NEWYORKER: Wakefield
They thought him a prude even then.
NEWYORKER: In Plain View
But a critic who points out that this so-called culture is defeatist and damaging — because it leads to high drop-out rates, record black-on-black murder statistics and a record number of out-of-wedlock births — is dismissed as a prude and a censor.
NPR: Redefining What It Means to Be Black in America