straight arrow

straight arrow

美 　英

• n.老實巴交的人；循規蹈矩的人
• 網絡規矩正直的人；誠實坦率的人；筆直的箭

詞形變化

復數：straight arrows  

英漢解釋

n.	1. someone who is reliable and good but may be slightly boring

例句

i got to give you credit . being such a straight arrow for so damn many years without it catching up with you.

我還得感謝你呢。這些年來都是你在作威作福，我一點機會都沒有。

Jeff has always been a straight arrow.

杰夫一直是個品行端正的老實人。

Looks like our resident moral compass isn't such a straight arrow after all.

看上去我們的道德標準指南針的指針，畢竟也不是那么的直。

Paul, a devout Baptist, director of his church choir, and certified straight arrow, listened patiently while the legislators droned on.

保羅，這位虔誠的浸禮會教徒、教堂唱詩班的指揮，而且還是個十足的規矩人，則耐心地聽著他們幾位喋喋不休的數落。

Sima guang manner and meek, his straight-arrow manner, its personality is the model of Confucianism, cultivate people always admired.

司馬光為人溫良謙恭、剛正不阿，其人格堪稱儒學教化下的典范，歷來受人景仰。

isn't such a straight arrow after all.

到頭來也并非個循規蹈矩之人

He's such a straight arrow.

他是個規矩正直的人。