prig

prig什么意思,prig翻译

基本解释

v.: 〈英〉争论；讨价还价；〈俚〉偷
n.: 自命清高的人
网络: 一本正经的人；道学先生；自命不凡者

权威解释

• 自命清高的人:

  a person who behaves in a morally correct way and who shows that they disapprove of what other people do

英汉解释

• 〔苏格兰语〕争论;讨价还价

• 〔俚语〕偷

• 讨厌的人

• 〔俚语〕小偷,扒手

• (讲话、态度等)一本正经的人;爱充学者[教育家]的人

词性分析

• 复数：prigs

例句

• if i had time , and was not in mortal dread of some prating prig of a servant passing , i would know what all this means.

  要是我有时间，要不是我怕撞见一本正经爱饶舌的仆人，我准会弄明白内中的缘由。

• he was a man of poor physique, naturally timid and a prig .

  他体格瘦弱，天生腼腆，为人拘谨。

• Angry as I was, I was tempted to laugh whenever he opened his mouth. The transition from libertine to prig was so complete.

  我觉得愤怒，开始在他每次开口讲话的时候大笑，从浪荡子到卫道士的转变可真彻底啊。

• If one wishes to be a prig or a Puritan, one can flaunt one"s moral views about them.

  一个人要是愿意当道学先生或清教徒，当然可以炫耀自己的伦理观点。

• David Prig, a name to remember.

  大卫普瑞格，一个应该被记住的名字。