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pu.ri.tanH5pjJE7rI7t[n, $5pjJr7I7t[nn [C]a member of an English religious group in the 16th and 17th centuries which wanted to make church ceremonies simpler, and who believed that self-control and hard work were important and that pleasure was wrong or unnecessary, or, more generally, a person who has these beliefs清教徒 （新教的一派）During the seventeenth century, the Puritans destroyed many decorations in English churches.在17世纪，清教徒们摧毁了英国教堂中的许多装饰。The Puritans did not approve of the theatre because of the pleasure that seeing plays gave to the audience.清教徒们不赞成戏剧，因为看戏给观众带来愉悦。Despite his apparent liberal views, he's really something of a puritan/he has a puritan streak.尽管他表面上持自由派观点，他实际上有点象个清教徒/略具清教徒气质。
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