strait-laced

英 [ˌstreɪt ˈleɪst]

美 [ˌstreɪt ˈleɪst]

adj.  (在道德行为上)拘谨保守的，古板的

牛津词典

adj.

• （在道德行为上）拘谨保守的，古板的
  having strict or old-fashioned ideas about people's moral behaviour

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (道德方面)一本正经的，古板的，拘谨保守的
  If you describe someone asstrait-laced, you disapprove of them because they have very strict views about what kind of behaviour is moral or acceptable.
  1. He was criticised for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded...
     他被指无趣乏味，古板守旧，心胸狭窄。
  2. Our unconventional behaviour did in fact shock some of our more straitlaced friends.
     我们这一不合常规的行为实际上着实让我们的一些一本正经的朋友吓了一大跳。

英英释义

adj

• exaggeratedly proper
  1. my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
  Synonym:priggishprimprissyprudishpuritanicalsquare-toedstraitlacedstraightlacedstraight-lacedtight-lacedvictorian

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