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。
柯林斯例句
You can't tell her that joke—she's much too prim and proper .
你可别跟她讲那个笑话,她这个人古板正经得要命。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
Priscilla, you're being altogether too prim and proper.
普丽西拉, 你 真 是一本正经,一板一眼了.
辞典例句
Don't invite her to the party. She's so prim and proper.
别请她去舞会, 她太古板了.
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She's much too prim and proper to enjoy such a rude joke.
她太拘谨和正经,不会喜欢这种粗俗的笑话.
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May is always prim and proper.
梅总是很端正且很体面.
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You can't tell that joke to her she's much too prim and proper.
可别给她讲那样的笑话 -- 她这人过于古板和认真.
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Those young ladies are much prim and proper to enjoy a rude joke.
这些年轻的女士们比较拘谨,行为中规中矩,欣赏不了这种粗俗的玩笑.
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