英 [ˌpjʊərɪˈtænɪk(ə)l] 美 [ˌpjʊrɪˈtænɪk(ə)l]
adj. 清教徒的；极端拘谨的
puritanical /ˌpjʊərɪˈtænɪkəl/
形容词 If you describe someone as puritanical, you mean that they have very strict moral principles, and often try to make other people behave in a more moral way. 有严格道德原则的
He has a puritanical attitude toward sex.
他对性持严格刻板的态度。
of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
exaggeratedly proper
同义词： priggish / prim / prissy / prudish / square-toed / straitlaced / strait-laced / straightlaced / straight-laced / tight-laced / victorian
... inimical unfriendly or harmful 不友善的 puritanical 极端拘谨的 botanical 植物(学)的 ...
乏味的一天 Puritanical; strict. 清教徒的；戒律很严的 Aristocratic; patrician. 贵族的；高贵的 .
... puberty n 青春期 puritanical adj. 古板的 repugnant* adj. 讨厌的 ...
puritanical(禁欲的), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
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。
And how about his generalisations about stuffy, puritanical Anglo-Saxons?
那么，对古板拘谨的盎格鲁-撒克逊人，他的概括又如何呢？
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。
A particularly puritanical editor of Plato from the twentieth century writes in a footnote to that passage, "this is almost the only passage in Plato " that one would wish to blot out," his sensibilities were offended by this notion.
有一位道德特别崇高的编辑,在二十世纪编到柏拉图这个段落时,写了一句脚注，“这应是柏拉图书中唯一一段,让人想要擦掉的话“,他的感性受到那一段话的冒犯。
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These have gone down especially badly among the more puritanical of Northern Ireland's Protestant community.
Which is puritanical, but also prudent, given the viruses to be found on such sites.
As for the idea that American sports stars are puritanical role models, this beggars belief.