prigs
[prɪgz]

n.

一本正经的人( prig的名词复数 )；

英英释义

prig[ priɡ ]

• n.a person regarded as arrogant and annoying

  同义词：snobsnotsnoot

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. He had been railed against by them as a prig and a poseur.
   他们责骂他是一个沾沾自喜、装腔作势的人。
2. Charles thinks he's better than the rest of us, the self-righteous prig!
   查尔斯认为他比我们大家都强，真是个自以为是的家伙！
3. The transition from libertine to prig was so complete.
   一个酒徒色鬼竟然摇身一变就成了道学先生。
4. If one wishes to be a prig or a Puritan, one can flaunt one's moral views about them.
   一个人要是愿意当道学先生或清教徒，当然可以炫耀自己的伦理观点。
5. She said, "That Flora tries to take you on the prig again, you tell me-will you?"
   她说：“要是弗洛拉再带你去偷东西，你就告诉我，知道么？”

权威例句

Whigs, prigs and historians of science
Puritans and Prigs: An Anatomy of Zealotry
Harry Potter and the Joyless Prigs
Professors, Prigs and Pedants — the Critics of Empire
Whigs, Prigs, and Politics: Problems in the Contemporary History of Science
Cross coves, buzzers and general sorts of prigs
The Charges & Countercharges of Self-Righteous Prigs. (the Media)
Prävention und Resilienzförderung in Grundschulen - PRiGS
CROSS COVES, BUZZERS AND GENERAL SORTS OF PRIGS: Juvenile Crime and the Criminal 'Underworld' in the Early Nineteenth Century
Writers and critics in the face of the educational book: "[Real literature] is ignored by pedants and prigs"