puritanical
美音:
[´pjuərə´tænıkəl
]英音:
[´pjuərə´tænıkəl
]adj.清教徒的,严格的
难易程度:
puritanical为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:puritanicalness 副词:puritanically
近义词, 同义词
puritanical
/,pjʊərɪ'tænɪkl; ,pjurə`tænɪkl/
adj (derog 贬) very strict and severe in morals 清教徒式的; 道德上极拘谨的
*a puritanical attitude, conscience, upbringing清教徒式的态度、良心、教养
* pursue vice with puritanicalzeal 道学先生般地疾恶如仇.
puritanical
adj
very strict about moral matters, especially sex - used in order to show disapproval
a puritanical father who wouldn't let his children watch television
The atmosphere at the school was oppressively puritanical.