strait-laced

strait-laced

美 [?stre?t 'le?st] 　英 [?stre?t 'le?st]

  • adj.（在道德行為上）拘謹保守的
  • 網絡拘謹的；刻板固執；固守道德觀念的

反義詞

同義詞

英漢雙解

adj.
1.
（在道德行為上）拘謹保守的，古板的having strict or old-fashioned ideas about people's moral behaviour

英漢解釋

adj.
1.
穿著緊身的衣服的;(極端)嚴謹的,拘謹的,拘泥的,觀念狹隘的

英英解釋

adj.

例句

Singapore seems to have gone from strait-laced container port to gambling mecca in one bound.

新加坡似乎已從一個傳統的集裝箱港口城市一躍成為了賭徒們的圣地。

Dressed in sweatpants, he does not look the strait-laced apparatchik, nor is his office typical of a Chinese businessman's.

黃怒波身著運動褲，看上去不像一絲不茍的共产党官員，而他的辦公室也不是典型的中國商人的辦公室。

In the process, he overhauled one of the most entrenched, strait laced corporate cultures ever devised by man.

在此過程中，他闖過了一個人類所發明的最大的壕溝，頑固的企業文化。

Some people may consider me strait-laced, but I'm just obeying the law.

有的人可能認為我過于拘泥，我不過只是守法而已。

But his conformist image and manner belie his break with strait-laced japanese business conventions.

不過，他墨守成規的形象與舉止，其實掩飾了他對日本企業刻板傳統的背棄。

He is also sometimes criticized for a bureaucratic, strait-laced management style.

另外，有人不時指責岡田克也的管理風格太官僚、古板。

According to this view, the past decadent decade will give way to a new era of thrift, reminiscent of the strait-laced 1950s.

根據這一觀點，奢華的過去十年可能讓位于節儉新時代，讓人想起上世紀50年代“勒緊褲腰帶”的時代。

Rigidly adhering to standards of conduct; strait-laced

自以為是的：僵硬地堅持行為的準則的；拘謹的