The children were delighted with the mere word tavern, which our modern prudery denounces with so much gusto.
孩子们对小酒馆这个词感到很高兴,我们现代的正经人非常热衷于谴责它。
文学
For Flaubert, the French bourgeoisie could be a repository of the most extreme prudery, snobbery, smugness, racism and pomposity.
对福楼拜来说,法国资产阶级可能是最极端的拘谨、势利、自鸣得意、种族主义和浮夸的宝库。
纯真年代(上)
Mrs. Manson Mingott screwed up her little mouth into a grimace of mimic prudery and twinkled at him through malicious lids.
曼森·明戈特夫人假装正经地抿起小嘴, 恶狠狠地瞪着他。
红与黑(三)
His provincial or English prudery went so far as to detect envy in it, though in this he was certainly mistaken.
他的乡土或英国人的拘谨甚至在其中发现了嫉妒,尽管在这一点上他肯定是错误的。
四季随笔
To it we owe the characteristic which, in some other countries, is expressed by the term English prudery, the accusation implied being part of the general charge of hypocrisy.
A prude (Old French prude meaning honourable woman) is a person who is described as (or would describe themselves as) being concerned with decorum or propriety, significantly in excess of normal prevailing standards. They may be perceived as being more uncomfortable than most with sexuality or nudity.