| 词汇 | puritanical |
| 释义 | puritanical adjective uk /ˌpjʊə.rɪˈtæn.ɪ.kəl/ us /ˌpjʊr.ɪˈtæn.ɪ.kəl/ believing or involving the belief that it is important to work hard and control yourself, and that pleasure is wrong or unnecessary: 清教主义的；宗教（或道德）上非常拘谨的 She is very puritanical about sex.她在性问题上非常拘谨。 He rebelled against his puritanical upbringing.他激烈反抗他所受的清教式管教。 Synonyms priggishdisapproving strait-laceddisapproving Self-control and moderation anti-pleasure ascetically asceticism be in command (of yourself)idiom boundary go easyidiom go steady on somethingidiom golden mean grip imperviously puritanism restrained restrainedly restraint restrict stint temperance undignified unsensational willpower Related wordpuritanically puritanical | American Dictionarypuritanical adjective[ not gradable ] us/ˌpjʊr·ɪˈtæn·ɪ·kəl/ having standards of moral behavior that forbid many pleasures: His coach believes in rules and regulations and has puritanical standards for behavior. Examples of puritanicalpuritanical I think it is merely that these whisky bottles raise our puritanical hackles from time to time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of those it libelled could not afford to bring an action—as the prurient, puritanical editor well knew. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The intellectual progressives have a puritanical attitude to reductions in taxation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not puritanical in matters of art or of literature, or anything of that kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why is it that we suddenly get a puritanical reaction of this character? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must stop looking with such a puritanical eye at those who increase their incomes at all levels. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are puritanical people who want to inflict their view of how to raise children on other people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not take a puritanical view of private expenditure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not go along with his rather puritanical view of our duty to society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not speak now from a narrow puritanical view. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am surprised to find that he is so puritanical about credit cards and spending. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Puritanical for the law, he campaigns for the acceptance of his surname and fails in his campaign. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot agree with the puritanical attitude that nobody who has had a drink at all can be trusted to drive a car. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In many respects, this country is still extremely puritanical. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I therefore hope that nobody will accuse me of having a puritanical attitude towards drinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of puritanical These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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