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
  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。

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.
  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。

英英释义

adj

• 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
• exaggeratedly proper
  1. my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
  Synonym:priggishprimprissyprudishsquare-toedstraitlacedstrait-lacedstraightlacedstraight-lacedtight-lacedvictorian
• of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism

双语例句

• 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。
• She is very puritanical about sex.
  她在性问题上非常拘谨。
• 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。
• Now you are coming over all puritanical about nothing.
  你太古板了，其实没什么事。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A puritanical distaste for alcohol.
  像清教徒似的对酒类的厌恶。
• 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。
• 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。