puritanical
英 [ˌpjʊərɪˈtænɪkl]
美 [ˌpjʊrɪˈtænɪkl]
adj. 清教徒式的; 道德极严格的
BNC.21598 / COCA.23648
牛津词典
adj.
- 清教徒式的；道德极严格的
having very strict moral attitudes- 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。
- Their parents had a puritanical streak and didn't approve of dancing.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 有严格道德标准的；道学先生的
If you describe someone aspuritanical, you mean that they have very strict moral principles, and often try to make other people behave in a more moral way.- ...puritanical fathers...
古板严厉的父亲 - He has a puritanical attitude towards sex.
他在性问题上主张克制，反对纵欲。
- ...puritanical fathers...
英英释义
adj
- morally rigorous and strict
- the puritan work ethic
- puritanic distaste for alcohol
- she was anything but puritanical in her behavior
- exaggeratedly proper
- my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
- of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
双语例句
- 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； - 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。 - 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。 - 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 - 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。 - She is very puritanical about sex.
她在性问题上非常拘谨。 - Penny was anything but puritanical.
彭妮一点也不严肃古板。 - A puritanical distaste for alcohol.
像清教徒似的对酒类的厌恶。 - 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。 - Now you are coming over all puritanical about nothing.
你太古板了，其实没什么事。