priggishness
英音 [ ˈprɪɡɪʃnəs ]
美音 [ ˈprɪɡɪʃnəs ]
释义
n. 一本正经的人；小偷（prig 的变形）
例句
1·Charles Dickens would have enjoyed their priggishness : they supported the "Society for the Suppression of Vice" that snooped on the pleasures of the poor.
查尔斯·狄更斯会很喜欢他们的自命不凡：窥探骚扰穷人享乐的“压制邪恶协会”正是他们资助的。
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