| 词汇 | staid |
| 释义 | staid adjective uk /steɪd/ us /steɪd/ serious, boring, and slightly old-fashioned: 严肃无趣的;一本正经的;古板的 In an attempt to change its staid image, the newspaper has created a new section aimed at younger readers.那家报纸为改变其古板的形象，开设了一个针对年轻读者的新版面。 Synonym sedate Tedious and uninspiring (as) dull as ditchwateridiom anonymous banal banally basic marginal marmoreal meh menial menially staidly stale staleness stodgily stodgy watch paint dryidiom watch the clockidiom wearisome wearisomely weary staid | American Dictionarystaid adjective us/steɪd/ not exciting or fashionable; serious: She never adjusted to her husband’s staid lifestyle. Examples of staidstaid The wild expression joined with the staid pose is disconcerting. None of these speakers is unambiguously projecting a staid home environment where parents might be ensuring that they do their homework. Sometimes they'd be quite staid, but even at their most staid there would still be riots of laughter. It made the usual way of presenting piano recitals look very staid and static. Meanwhile, in absolute terms, the output of novel and staid academic subsidiaries continued to search for markets. Most of the figures are in staid erect positions without any indication of activity or movement. The idea contributed to that long-standing view of the period as stable, staid, and generally uninteresting. The staid habits of the older generation, their inability to change with the times, were much criticised. Directors of life offices were now as likely to be fly-by-night adventurers as the staid financiers who had dominated the industry in the 1820s. The act of imagining, however, follows such staid and predictable lines that one is forced to ask where the trite ideas are coming from and what is informing them. Social movements, just like more staid sorts of social organization, provide people with incentives and resources for action, and wide access to both, in local, national and international policy arenas. This both energised the previously rather staid and undervalued world of television promotions and led to a selective incorporation of techniques and values from the wider world of commercial advertising. There is much to be said for the more staid era that used to surround us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There must be accountability or the matter becomes staid and introverted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This explains, perhaps, in part, their bizarre costumes, and their long hair, as against the older generations with staid costumes and short hair. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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