puritanical

adj.

1. 清教徒式的；道德极严格的
   having very strict moral attitudes
   1. Their parents had a puritanical streak and didn't approve of dancing.
      他们的父母管教颇严格，不赞成跳舞。

1. ADJ-GRADED 有严格道德标准的；道学先生的
   If you describe someone as puritanical, you mean that they have very strict moral principles, and often try to make other people behave in a more moral way.
   1. ...puritanical fathers...
      古板严厉的父亲
   2. He has a puritanical attitude towards sex.
      他在性问题上主张克制，反对纵欲。

1. Now you are coming over all puritanical about nothing.
   你太古板了，其实没什么事。
2. He has a puritanical attitude towards sex.
   他在性问题上主张克制，反对纵欲。
3. There's a puritanical side to me
   我有着清教徒般严谨的一面。
4. However, he proceeded to impose strict puritanical rules, banning them from drinking alcohol, listening to music or cutting their hair.
   但是，他立刻开始为镇上的居民制定严格的清教徒式的生活规范，禁止她们饮酒、听音乐或剪发。
5. The whole issue smacks too much of sinful desserts, guilty pleasures and all the other puritanical constructions that cause people to feel as if they are daring the moral authorities by risking a glass of wine on a weeknight.
   总的来说，这个问题会让人产生万恶的甜品和充满罪恶感的享受之类想法，还有诸如此类清教徒式的道德感，感觉就像是在工作日的晚上喝一杯葡萄酒来挑战道德权威。
6. On the Religious Emotion Revealed in the Poetry of Puritanical Christina Georgina Rossetti
   重新发现克里斯蒂娜·乔治娜·罗塞蒂克里斯蒂娜·罗塞蒂诗歌中的宗教情怀
7. You always had a puritanical streak.
   你一向有清教徒的倾向。
8. A puritanical distaste for alcohol.
   像清教徒似的对酒类的厌恶。
9. As a teenager, he rebelled against his puritanical upbringing.
   在他十几岁时，他激烈反抗他所受的清教式管教。
10. Views on sex and marriage have swung from one extreme to another& from the extremely puritanical to the free-wheeling.
    人们对性爱和婚姻的看法从一个极端走向另一个极端&从保守变为开放。
11. It's not surprising that he reacted against his puritanical upbringing.
    他反对所接受的清教徒式的教育，这一点也不奇怪。
12. They note anxiously the advance across the region of a Salafist movement of puritanical zealots who supposedly want to imitate the ways of the salaf, the "predecessors" who accompanied the prophet himself.
    他们焦急地注意到越过这个区域的发展，该区域是可能想要模仿salaf的方法的清教徒式的运动狂热者的萨拉菲斯特运动（salafistmovement），salaf是伴随在先知的“前任”。
13. She is very puritanical about sex.
    她在性问题上非常拘谨。
14. In comparison with Daudet, Hawthorne was puzzled by the puritanical pessimistic opinions, showed us moral standards and the ethical expectation of the modern people rethinking on the wages of sin.
    显恶与惩恶的主题安排同时彰显了其小说叙事应坚守的道德底线，反映了现代人们的伦理期待。
15. Blue laws; the puritan work ethic; puritanic distaste for alcohol; she was anything but puritanical in her behavior.
    严格的法律；严谨的职业道德；对酒的严格禁止；她的行为决不是严谨的。
16. A puritanical attitude, conscience, upbringing
    清教徒式的态度、良心、教养
17. Penny was anything but puritanical.
    彭妮一点也不严肃古板。
18. So they get this interesting reversal that Protestantism was often a puritanical reaction against that until recently, when many believe sex, are quite happy with the idea.
    因此在性上有个有趣的逆转，新教对于性一直都是严格禁欲的，反对的，直到最近人，都对性没有什么不爽。
19. I'm not against the coffee bars for puritanical reasons, but because it uses women's bodies for commerce.
    我不是用清教徒的动机反对这些咖啡馆，但是他们不该把女性的身体作商业用途。
20. But in the puritanical, modern business world, judgment is warped by something more pernicious: fear of lust and fear of alcohol.
    但在清教徒式的现代商业世界，判断被更为致命的东西所扭曲：对欲望和酒精的恐惧。
21. To pretend we are still living in a puritanical village is not only out of touch with reality, but will have disastrous results.
    现在若假装我们还生活在一个极端封闭的村庄里，这不仅是不现实，而且还会带来灾难性的后果。
22. A Forceful Attack Against Puritanical Concept of Woman Morals ── On the tragic image of the heroine in The Sound and The Fury
    对清教妇道观的有力抨击&评《喧哗与骚动》中女主人公的悲剧形象
23. The religious faith and the Puritanical thoughts permeating the novels.
    第二，宗教意识与清教思想渗透于作品之中；
24. They are the real rebels against the harsh Puritanical rules.
    她们是父权制的真正反抗者。

adj

1. morally rigorous and strict
   1. the puritan work ethic
   2. puritanic distaste for alcohol
   3. she was anything but puritanical in her behavior

   Synonym:    blue(a)puritanic

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

   Synonym:    priggishprimprissyprudishsquare-toedstraitlacedstrait-lacedstraightlacedstraight-lacedtight-lacedvictorian

3. of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism