1 ADJ-GRADED 极拘谨的;一本正经的;古板的 If you describe someone as prim, you disapprove of them because they behave too correctly and are too easily shocked by anything rude. 极拘谨的;一本正经的;古板的 [disapproval]
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We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.
我们倾向于把维多利亚时代的人想象得非常古板、中规中矩。
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...a rather prim British spinster.
一位极为古板的英国老处女
SYN prudish, particular, formal, proper
2 ADJ-GRADED 整洁的;得体的 If you describe something as prim, you mean that it is very neat, tidy, or sensible. 整洁的;得体的
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