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priggish

美 [ˈprɪɡɪʃ]英 [ˈprɪɡɪʃ]
  • adj.一本正经的;自命清高的
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    ADJ-GRADED 自命清高的;一本正经的
    If you describe someone as priggish, you think that they are a prig.

adj

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exaggeratedly proper
my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
Synonym: prim prissy prudish puritanical square-toed straitlaced strait-laced straightlaced straight-laced tight-laced victorian

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  1. There was a tiny , priggish , warning voice in my ears which in the tones of Collins told me it was seemly to hold back .

    我耳边响起一种微弱的,一本正经的,象科林斯的声音,警告我最好不要去。

  2. He was a priggish young man who was also studying economics at a university .

    同时在大学学习经济的他是一个自命不凡的年轻人。

  3. I 'm sick of your priggish little ways !

    我讨厌你那套拘泥古板的处世之道。

  4. A rather priggish young man .

    一个颇有点自命不凡的年轻人。

  5. She was wondering if she were not a cold , hard , priggish girl .

    她只是在琢磨,她是不是一个冷酷的、硬心肠的、自命不凡的女孩子。

  6. And only the most priggish today would argue that financial institutions are obliged to be fluffy .

    而如今也只有最自负的人才会认为金融机构理应施惠余人。

  7. He is a priggish , domineering man .

    他是一个好为人师、唯我独尊的人。

  8. In his early 20s , bin Laden worked in the family business ; he was a priggish young man who was also studying economics at a university .

    二十来岁的时候,他还是一个在大学里读经济学的本份的年轻人,就在家族企业里工作。

  9. They 've been humiliated by the Son of God and the other priggish loyalist angels so they are pained , utterly humiliated .

    他们被上帝之子和其他,一本正经忠于上帝的天使们羞辱,他们备受羞辱,痛不欲生。