strait-laced
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ If you describe someone as strait-laced, you disapprove of them because they have very strict views about what kind of behaviour is moral or acceptable. 拘谨古板的[表不满]
He was criticized for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded. 他被批评为乏味、古板守旧及心胸狭窄。
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strait-laced (also straitlaced)
剑桥词典
- having old-fashioned and unchanging morals , especially relating to sexual matters
（尤指在性问题上）古板的，拘谨的，保守的
The joke shocked her strait-laced parents . 这个笑话让她古板的父母惊呆了。 返回 strait-laced