puritanical

英 [ˌpjʊərɪˈtænɪkl]

美 [ˌpjʊrɪˈtænɪkl]

adj.  清教徒式的; 道德极严格的

BNC.21598 / COCA.23648

牛津词典

adj.

• 清教徒式的；道德极严格的
  having very strict moral attitudes
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 有严格道德标准的；道学先生的
  If you describe someone aspuritanical, you mean that they have very strict moral principles, and often try to make other people behave in a more moral way.
  1. ...puritanical fathers...
     古板严厉的父亲
  2. He has a puritanical attitude towards sex.
     他在性问题上主张克制，反对纵欲。

英英释义

adj

• morally rigorous and strict
  1. the puritan work ethic
  2. puritanic distaste for alcohol
  3. she was anything but puritanical in her behavior
  Synonym:blue(a)puritanic
• exaggeratedly proper
  1. my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
  Synonym:priggishprimprissyprudishsquare-toedstraitlacedstrait-lacedstraightlacedstraight-lacedtight-lacedvictorian
• of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism

双语例句

• The whole issue smacks too much of sinful desserts, guilty pleasures and all the other puritanical constructions that cause people to feel as if they are daring the moral authorities by risking a glass of wine on a weeknight.
  总的来说，这个问题会让人产生万恶的甜品和充满罪恶感的享受之类想法，还有诸如此类清教徒式的道德感，感觉就像是在工作日的晚上喝一杯葡萄酒来挑战道德权威。
• Penny was anything but puritanical.
  彭妮一点也不严肃古板。
• They note anxiously the advance across the region of a Salafist movement of puritanical zealots who supposedly want to imitate the ways of the salaf, the "predecessors" who accompanied the prophet himself.
  他们焦急地注意到越过这个区域的发展，该区域是可能想要模仿salaf的方法的清教徒式的运动狂热者的萨拉菲斯特运动（salafistmovement），salaf是伴随在先知的“前任”。
• A puritanical distaste for alcohol.
  像清教徒似的对酒类的厌恶。
• 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。
• They are the real rebels against the harsh Puritanical rules.
  她们是父权制的真正反抗者。
• You always had a puritanical streak.
  你一向有清教徒的倾向。
• A Forceful Attack Against Puritanical Concept of Woman Morals ── On the tragic image of the heroine in The Sound and The Fury
  对清教妇道观的有力抨击&评《喧哗与骚动》中女主人公的悲剧形象
• On the Religious Emotion Revealed in the Poetry of Puritanical Christina Georgina Rossetti
  重新发现克里斯蒂娜·乔治娜·罗塞蒂克里斯蒂娜·罗塞蒂诗歌中的宗教情怀
• So they get this interesting reversal that Protestantism was often a puritanical reaction against that until recently, when many believe sex, are quite happy with the idea.
  因此在性上有个有趣的逆转，新教对于性一直都是严格禁欲的，反对的，直到最近人，都对性没有什么不爽。