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词汇 prudishly
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prudishly
adverb disapproving uk/ˈpruː.dɪʃ.li/ us/ˈpruː.dɪʃ.li/
(对性问题)大惊小怪地,迂腐守旧地,伪善地
in a way that shows you are easily shocked by rude things, especially anything relating to sex
Victorian writers prudishly avoided this subject. 维多利亚时代的作家基于对性问题的审慎,避开了这个话题。
See: prude
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  • Everyone is still having affairs but we seem less prudishly shocked by them.
  • "Oh no wine, you need a clear head," she tells me prudishly.
  • The show is prudishly conventional compared to the experimental nature of his past work.
  • It is said that the Victorians prudishly covered table legs to avoid causing offence.
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