橘子朗文词典

prig

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [prɪɡ]
  • 美式音标 [prɪɡ]
  • 国际音标 [priɡ]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n.一本正经的人；自命不凡者；道学先生；小偷
  • v.偷

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    priggish：一本正经的；自负的；死板的。

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • The transition from libertine to prig was so complete.
    从自由不羁到一本正经，这样的转变实在是太彻底了。
  • 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。
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  • He's a prig and I wish he had lost his primary to that tattooed guy who likes me.
    他那么自命不凡，我希望他在本党初选里输给那个喜欢我的满是纹身的家伙。

    • 权威例句

  • This Hoover is a tyrant, a liar, and a prig, but he is also, in his impacted way, capable of love.
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  • Thus, as the affair dragged on, Starr was effectively portrayed as a self-righteous prig, who, lacking any sense of proportion, had gone on a monomaniacal crusade to "get" the President.
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  • Olivier is a fastidious prig and congenital hypochondriac.
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词组短语

    短语

  • prig 'gishness 名
  • I did resign the prig 我也丢下了我的严谨

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • a person who obeys the rules of correct behaviour and considers himself or herself to be morally better than other people

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you call someone a prig, you disapprove of them because they behave in a very moral way and disapprove of other people's behaviour as though they are superior.
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