他为某些思想较守旧的官员所憎恶。He is loathed by some of the more traditionally minded officers.他被指无趣乏味，古板守旧，心胸狭窄。He was criticised for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded.观众既呆板又非常守旧。The audience was dull and very provincial....
"Well!", said the innkeeper, drawing herself up indignantly.“行！”客栈老板娘挺直身子愤然说道。"That is not true," Erica said indignantly.“那不是真的，”埃丽卡愤怒地说。The paper indignantly rejected charges that it had invented the story to boost sale...