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 puritanical [`pjʊrə'tænɪkl.]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 清教徒的, 清教主义的, 宗教上极端拘谨的, 道德上极端拘谨的



    puritanical
    [ adj ]
    1. of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism

    2. <adj.pert>
    3. exaggeratedly proper

    4. <adj.all>
      my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
    5. morally rigorous and strict

    6. <adj.all>
      the puritan work ethic
      puritanic distaste for alcohol
      she was anything but puritanical in her behavior


    Puritanic \Pu`ri*tan"ic\, Puritanical \Pu`ri*tan"ic*al\, a.
    1. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines
    and practice.

    2. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements;
    strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of
    reproach or contempt.

    Paritanical circles, from which plays and novels
    were strictly excluded. --Macaulay.

    He had all the puritanic traits, both good and evil.
    --Hawthorne.

    1. "It's not only that we're puritanical and feel that we don't deserve flowers on a regular basis, I also think that we are quite intimidated by flowers."
    2. As an adult, she was thrifty: "I don't know if it's fear of being self-indulgent or a puritanical guilt, but spending just isn't easy for me." In later years, Schiff's tight fist was legendary.
    3. She pleaded for "a people city, not a car city." Bought from the Missisauga Indians for 1,700 pounds sterling and founded in 1793, Toronto has not entirely shaken its puritanical past.
    4. Record executives tend to regard these efforts as attacks on free expression, and a few warn that puritanical censorship will only deepen the cultural gap between parents and teen-agers.
    5. He also called the school officials "puritanical demagogues" for taking action against him.
    6. "But this just shows how provincial and puritanical Americans are."
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