prude

常见例句

I want to keep her happy, though, and I feel a prude –and I know she gets disappointed.
我想让她快乐，尽管如此，我感觉自己太古板，我知道她会很失望的。
Being a virgin is still equated these days with being a prude, which is not who I am at all.
做一个处女，现在还跟做一个死正经的女人等效——这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.
虽然这听起来可能有点像是一位通管一切的父亲多余的担心，但实际上完全不是这么回事，这个主动提供的穿衣建议更多的是为了挽救生命，而不是假正经。

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