N-COUNT If you call someone a prude, you mean that they are too easily shocked by things relating to sex. (尤指在性问题上) 一本正经的人 [表不满]
Caroline was very much a prude. She wouldn't let me see her naked.
卡罗琳是个过于一本正经的人。她不肯让我看到她的裸体。
不，她们是行为检点的人。
Now, Michelle and I aren't prudes, and Michelle has frank conversations with the girls.
现在，我和米歇尔不是故作正经，而是和女儿进行坦率的对话。
The good girls are considered prudes and berated for not 'putting out' and therefore are seldom the first to get dates.
好女人通常被认过分于一本正经，而且因“放不开”然而饱受批评，因此她们不会是男人约会的首选目标。
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