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清教的;禁欲的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

puritanical
     adj 1: of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
     2: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't
        approve of my miniskirts" [syn: {priggish}, {prim}, {prissy},
         {prudish}, {square-toed}, {straitlaced}, {strait-laced},
        {straightlaced}, {straight-laced}, {tight-laced}, {victorian}]
     3: morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work
        ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was
        anything but puritanical in her behavior" [syn: {blue(a)},
         {puritan}, {puritanic}]