prudish

adj.

1. （对性问题）大惊小怪的，迂腐守旧的，伪善的
   very easily shocked by things connected with sex

1. ADJ-GRADED （在性问题上）大惊小怪的，过分正经的；谈性色变的
   If you describe someone as prudish, you mean that they are too easily shocked by things relating to sex.
   1. I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene.
      我并不是假正经的人，但我觉得这些照片非常淫秽。

1. I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene
   我并不是个守旧的人，但是我认为这些照片不堪入目。
2. Chinese approach sex with an attitude that seems alternately more prudish and more open than that of westerners.
   西方人相比，中国人对于性的态度表面上假正经，事实上更加开放。
3. Yet we sit huddled in the dark like prudish cavemen, filled with shame. And guilt.
   但我们却像假装正经的野人一般，在黑暗中挤坐成一团，内心充满羞愧与自责。
4. Another reason for the blandness is the dull censoring hand of the platform holders who are amazingly prudish.
   另一个“温和”的原因，就是某些无聊的平台厂商以他们的“审查之手”硬装活菩萨。
5. A comparison of attitudes in 24 countries found that Americans were tied with the Irish and Filipinos as the world's most prudish when it comes to infidelity.
   比较24个国家人们的不同态度可以发现，美国人同爱尔兰人和菲律宾人一样，在不忠问题上最保守。
6. Only one person had preceded Tess up the hill-a ladylike young woman, somewhat interesting, though, perhaps, a trifle guind é e and prudish.
   在上山的路上，只有一个人走在苔丝的前面&一位小姐模样的姑娘，虽然她也许有一种故作高傲和过分拘谨的样子，但还是有几分惹人注意。
7. This season's fashion photography makes Robert Mapplethorpe look prudish.
   本季的时尚摄影令罗伯特•梅普勒索普（RobertMapplethorpe）显得有些过分规矩了。
8. Dolly: I'm not what you think, corinne. I'm not prudish at all.
   朵莉：我不是你想的那种人，我一点也不过分拘谨。
9. Americans retain a strong prudish streak.
   美国人保留着一种强烈的假正经的倾向。
10. He added that until two or three years ago India's government "was in denial mode" over the issue of HIV in a country known for its traditionally prudish attitudes toward sex.
    他说，做为一个一向以性观念十分保守而著称的国度，印度政府直到2、3年以前还依然否定该国存在着颇为严重的艾滋病问题。
11. What would have been the point of a lie that make him out a prudish simpleton?
    如果你是撒谎，那只能使他显得是个不通人情的傻瓜蛋，这样的撒谎又有什么意思？
12. Prudish instinct held me back but soon my restraint felt absurd.
    拘谨的本能让我有些退缩，但很快我就觉得这种克制有些荒唐。
13. You may have a taste for more unusual forms of love, and you should not let an outmoded morality or a prudish partner hold you back from new experiences.
    对于那些异乎寻常的爱情模式你有着独特的品味，尽量不要因为那些老旧的道德观或过于古板的另一半而束缚你的对于它们的全新体验。
14. A prudish refusal to enjoy rude jokes.
    拘谨得听不得粗俗的笑话。

adj

1. exaggeratedly proper
   1. my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts

   Synonym:    priggishprimprissypuritanicalsquare-toedstraitlacedstrait-lacedstraightlacedstraight-lacedtight-lacedvictorian