We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.我们倾向于把维多利亚时代的人想象得非常古板、中规中矩。You can't tell her that joke—she's much too prim and proper .你可别跟她讲那个笑话，她这个人古板正经得要命。She's too prim to enjoy rude ...
...antediluvian attitudes to women.看待女性的旧观念antediluvian ideas陈旧的思想She was more than old - fashioned, she was antediluvian.她何止是过时, 简直就是老古董.a ramshackle antediluvian tenement摇摇欲坠的古老的房屋an antediluvian automobile古老的汽车His ide...
The man was polite and his general demeanour had the air of a clergyman.那男人彬彬有礼,一举一动都有教士的风度.As soon as she woke up her demeanour had changed.她一睡醒,那动作便截然不同.He was a brotherly sort of creature in his demeanour.他的态度,像个哥哥......
People were stringing up decorations on the fronts of their homes.人们正在各家门口挂起装饰物。She is stringing the beads.她在串珠子.I don't want them stringing along as well!我也同样不愿意让他们跟着来!...