这一古板的老旧机构拒绝承认人们对流行音乐的需求。The fusty old establishment refused to recognise the demand for popular music.他们没修养，很乏味，是一群无聊古板的老家伙。They're not cultured or interesting, they are boring stodgy old things.她用 古板 的眼光看着我(表示不以为然)...

“古板的”的英语可以翻译为：inflexible，old-fashioned，old-maidish，square-toed，fusty ...