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prudery

/proo-duh-ree/US // ˈpru də ri //

谨慎,审慎,谨慎行事,审慎性

Related Words

simplicity简单性,简易性,简单,简洁reticence缄默,沉默,缄默不语,沉默寡言propriety礼节,礼义,礼法,礼节性purity纯度,纯净度,纯洁性,洁净度decency体面,风度,体统,礼节humility谦逊,谦卑,谦恭,谦虚virtue德行,美德,德性,道德rigidity硬度,刚性,僵硬性,刚性问题diffidence自卑感,扩散性,不自信,自卑humbleness谦逊,谦虚,谦卑,谦逊的态度demureness伪装,尊严,矜持,拘谨timidity胆怯,怯懦,胆小怕事,胆小quietness宁静,安静,静谧性,平静性self-effacement自我牺牲,自我安慰,自我放弃,自我牺牲精神constraint约束力,拘束力,约束条件,限制条件delicacy美味佳肴,美味,珍馐,美味的东西inhibition抑制,抑制作用,抑制力,抑制性meekness温顺,温柔,温和,温良chastity贞操,贞洁,贞节,贞洁性innocence清白,无辜,纯真,无辜的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural prud·er·ies for 2.

    • : excessive propriety or modesty in speech, conduct, etc.
    • : pruderies, prudish actions, phrases, or words.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmodesty
Synonyms
decency体面,风度,体统,礼节humility谦逊,谦卑,谦恭,谦虚propriety礼节,礼义,礼法,礼节性purity纯度,纯净度,纯洁性,洁净度reticence缄默,沉默,缄默不语,沉默寡言simplicity简单性,简易性,简单,简洁virtue德行,美德,德性,道德bashfulness腼腆,腼腆的人,胆怯,羞怯celibacy独身主义,独身,独身主义者,独身生活chastity贞操,贞洁,贞节,贞洁性constraint约束力,拘束力,约束条件,限制条件coyness腼腆,忸怩作态,羞涩,胆怯delicacy美味佳肴,美味,珍馐,美味的东西demureness伪装,尊严,矜持,拘谨diffidence自卑感,扩散性,不自信,自卑discreetness谨慎性,谨慎,审慎性,慎重humbleness谦逊,谦虚,谦卑,谦逊的态度inhibition抑制,抑制作用,抑制力,抑制性innocence清白,无辜,纯真,无辜的meekness温顺,温柔,温和,温良quietness宁静,安静,静谧性,平静性reserve储备,预留,保留,储备金self-effacement自我牺牲,自我安慰,自我放弃,自我牺牲精神timidity胆怯,怯懦,胆小怕事,胆小unobtrusiveness不引人注意,毫不起眼,不引人注目,不引人注目的unpretentiousness朴实无华,淳朴,朴素,朴实lack of pretension毫无架子,毫无矫饰,毫无矫饰之嫌,不矫情unostentatiousness毫不夸张的说,毫不夸张地说,毫不夸张,毫不夸张地
as inpriggishness
Synonyms
pretentiousness装腔作势,自命不凡,伪装,矫情puritanism清教主义,清教徒主义,清真寺主义,清教徒snobbery势利眼,势利小人,势力范围,势利眼儿
as instiffness
Synonyms
rigidity硬度,刚性,僵硬性,刚性问题constraint约束力,拘束力,约束条件,限制条件firmness稳固性,坚固性,坚定性,坚固formality手续费,形式,形式主义,手续precision精度,精确度,精确性,精确rigor严谨性,严谨,严密性,严格性tension紧张,张力,紧张局势,紧张关系
as inhumbleness
Synonyms
rigidity硬度,刚性,僵硬性,刚性问题constraint约束力,拘束力,约束条件,限制条件firmness稳固性,坚固性,坚定性,坚固formality手续费,形式,形式主义,手续precision精度,精确度,精确性,精确rigor严谨性,严谨,严密性,严格性tension紧张,张力,紧张局势,紧张关系
as inlowliness
Synonyms
bashfulness腼腆,腼腆的人,胆怯,羞怯celibacy独身主义,独身,独身主义者,独身生活chastity贞操,贞洁,贞节,贞洁性constraint约束力,拘束力,约束条件,限制条件coyness腼腆,忸怩作态,羞涩,胆怯decency体面,风度,体统,礼节delicacy美味佳肴,美味,珍馐,美味的东西demureness伪装,尊严,矜持,拘谨diffidence自卑感,扩散性,不自信,自卑discreetness谨慎性,谨慎,审慎性,慎重humbleness谦逊,谦虚,谦卑,谦逊的态度humility谦逊,谦卑,谦恭,谦虚inhibition抑制,抑制作用,抑制力,抑制性innocence清白,无辜,纯真,无辜的meekness温顺,温柔,温和,温良propriety礼节,礼义,礼法,礼节性purity纯度,纯净度,纯洁性,洁净度quietness宁静,安静,静谧性,平静性reserve储备,预留,保留,储备金reticence缄默,沉默,缄默不语,沉默寡言self-effacement自我牺牲,自我安慰,自我放弃,自我牺牲精神simplicity简单性,简易性,简单,简洁timidity胆怯,怯懦,胆小怕事,胆小unobtrusiveness不引人注意,毫不起眼,不引人注目,不引人注目的unpretentiousness朴实无华,淳朴,朴素,朴实virtue德行,美德,德性,道德lack of pretension毫无架子,毫无矫饰,毫无矫饰之嫌,不矫情unostentatiousness毫不夸张的说,毫不夸张地说,毫不夸张,毫不夸张地
as inself-effacement
Synonyms
bashfulness腼腆,腼腆的人,胆怯,羞怯celibacy独身主义,独身,独身主义者,独身生活chastity贞操,贞洁,贞节,贞洁性constraint约束力,拘束力,约束条件,限制条件coyness腼腆,忸怩作态,羞涩,胆怯decency体面,风度,体统,礼节delicacy美味佳肴,美味,珍馐,美味的东西demureness伪装,尊严,矜持,拘谨diffidence自卑感,扩散性,不自信,自卑discreetness谨慎性,谨慎,审慎性,慎重humbleness谦逊,谦虚,谦卑,谦逊的态度humility谦逊,谦卑,谦恭,谦虚inhibition抑制,抑制作用,抑制力,抑制性innocence清白,无辜,纯真,无辜的meekness温顺,温柔,温和,温良propriety礼节,礼义,礼法,礼节性purity纯度,纯净度,纯洁性,洁净度quietness宁静,安静,静谧性,平静性reserve储备,预留,保留,储备金reticence缄默,沉默,缄默不语,沉默寡言self-effacement自我牺牲,自我安慰,自我放弃,自我牺牲精神simplicity简单性,简易性,简单,简洁timidity胆怯,怯懦,胆小怕事,胆小unobtrusiveness不引人注意,毫不起眼,不引人注目,不引人注目的unpretentiousness朴实无华,淳朴,朴素,朴实virtue德行,美德,德性,道德lack of pretension毫无架子,毫无矫饰,毫无矫饰之嫌,不矫情unostentatiousness毫不夸张的说,毫不夸张地说,毫不夸张,毫不夸张地

Examples

  • These were men of their time, and their aesthetic interest in the ancient world was throttled by Christian prudery.

  • But like American speakeasies during prohibition in the USA, these places are oases in a desert of official prudery.

  • It would be lamentable indeed if such prudery moved us to a two-tiered, gender-segregated system of medical care.

  • A characteristic which distinguished them and which impressed Mrs. Pontellier most forcibly was their entire absence of prudery.

  • Then Griffith observed how delicate and prudent his lovely wife was, without ostentatious prudery; and his heart was at peace.

  • "Madeleine" ought to do something to clear away the mist in minds which confuse prudery and virtue.

  • When our women are better educated, there will be less prudery and more real modesty.

  • La Belle Stuart was one par excellence; in her the hypocrisy of prudery was double-distilled.

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