buttoned-down 守旧的
- Beneath his buttoned-down appearance was a tough mind and a brave heart.
在他那因循守旧的外表下面是坚韧的意志和勇敢的心。 - Emerging markets had more buttoned-down financial systems to start with.
新兴市场的金融体系更加守旧。 - Maybe your casual style doesn't fly in your buttoned-down workplace.
也许那时你随意的风格和衣冠楚楚的工作地点不匹配。
buttoned-down[ adj ]
unimaginatively conventional
<adj.all>
a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business
buttoned-down \buttoned-down\ adj.
conservatively formal and businesslike in dress and manner.
Syn: button-down, conservative.
[WordNet 1.5]
a colorful character in the buttoned-down,
dull-gray world of business. --Newsweek