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adj.严肃的¹⁵;端庄的⁵⁹;矜持的²⁶副词demurely比较级demurer最高级demurest名词demureness
严犹豫害羞、尴尬、腼腆
Adjective:
affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way来自法语，of mature, 用来指成熟的女人，引申词义端庄。GRE红宝书读: dem诱饵, 人民对诱饵的态度是表面上不想要－矜持的
de + mur，关在墙内的闰秀或隐士是保守，娴静的, 拘谨的, 严肃，端庄的；音：低默，低头默默不语，表示沉默，害羞GRE难词记忆demure→de+mure=mature 成熟的→假装成熟的→假正经的词根记忆de + mure墙⇒脸板得像墙一样→严肃的词根记忆de + mure墙⇒脸板得像墙一样⇒严肃的近义词 coy腼腆的shy腼腆的timid胆怯的modest谦虚的sedate安静的bashful害羞的prim规规矩矩的backward向后的decorous合宜的reserved保留的retiring退休的diffident无自信的prudish过分拘谨的overmodest过分谦虚的self-conscious自觉的strait-laced固守道德观念的…
形容词83%,名词17%
用作形容词To counterbalance the hairdo, Tymoshenko's outfits needed to bedemureyet commanding.为了平衡发型的风格
She looks like a verydemureyoung lady.她看上去像一个矜持的少女。adj.reserved, affected
同义词 prim,reticent,timid,unassumingbackward,bashful,blushing,close,coy,decorous,diffident,earnest,humble,modest,nice,prissy,proper,prudish,retiring,sedate,serious,shy,silent,skittish,sober,solemn,staid,strait-laced,unassertive,unassured
反义词 bold,braveaggressive,extroverted,outgoing,shameless,strong
Victorianadjective prudish
conservative,conventional,genteel,priggish,prim,prissy,proper,puritanical,respectable,rigid,smug,square,starchy,stiff,strait-laced,stuffy,uptight
backwardadjective bashful or hesitant
afraid,averse,bashful,demure,diffident,disinclined,hesitant,hesitating,humble,indisposed,loath,modest,reluctant,reserved,retiring,shy,timid,uneager,unwilling,wavering
bashfuladjective shy
abashed,backward,blushful,blushing,chary,confused,constrained,coy,demure,diffident,embarrassed,humble,modest,nervous,overmodest,recoiling,reserved,reticent,retiring,self-conscious,self-effacing,shamefaced,sheepish,shrinking,silent,timid,timorous,unassertive,verecund
conventionaladjective unoriginal
bigoted,bourgeois,button-down,commonplace,conforming,conservative,demure,doctrinal,dogmatic,drippy,hackneyed,hidebound,humdrum,illiberal,in rut,inflexible,insular,isolationist,lame,literal,moderate,moral,narrow,narrow-minded,not extreme,not heretical,obstinate,parochial,pedestrian,prosaic,puritanical,rigid,routine,rube,run-of-the-mill,sober,solemn,square,stereotyped,straight,strait-laced,strict,stuffy,uptight
coyadjective very modest
backward,bashful,blushing,coquettish,demure,diffident,evasive,flirtatious,humble,kittenish,overmodest,prudish,rabbity,reserved,retiring,self-effacing,shrinking,shy,skittish,timid,unassertive
decorousadjective appropriate, suitable
au fait,becoming,befitting,ceremonial,ceremonious,civilized,comely,comme il faut,conforming,conventional,correct,de rigueur,decent,demure,dignified,done,elegant,fit,fitting,formal,good,mannerly,meet,moral,nice,polite,prim,proper,punctilious,refined,respectable,right,seasonable,sedate,seemly,staid,well-behaved Looking west, across Sisowath blvd, stands the magnificent Royal Palace, uniquely characteristic of Buddhism, though not large, it is so elegant, so demure.
向西望，跨过西疏越大道Sisowath 金碧辉煌，独具佛家特色的王宫就在眼前，虽不大，却是那么优雅，那么端庄。 yeeyan
The traditional flirts let the man be the initiator and the women play the more demure, coy, passive role.
传统调情方式是男士主动出击，而女性更加端正、腼腆害羞，处于被动的角色。 edu.sina.com.cn
A saucy redheaded southerner, Mom could be demure one moment and shocking the next, with a laugh so loud and sudden it turned heads. And she had stories to tell.
一个具有红头发的南方人，母亲可以这一刻严肃，下一刻笑的很大声让人感到震惊，接着突然转过头，有故事要讲。 yeeyan
Also, women in this predominantly patriarchal society are traditionally meant to be demure and so have few female role models.
而且，在这个父系家长制的社会体系中，女性在传统上是要保持矜持的，所以女性的角色模范很少。 yeeyan
And Ms. Streep's maturity and demure style choices may appeal to women over40, who spend more on fashion than other demographic groups.
而且，斯特里普成熟而端庄的时尚风格或许对40岁以上的女性有吸引力，这些女性比其他人口统计群体在服装上面的花费都要多。 iciba
But, instead of being the demure queen expected of her, she was assertive and ambitious.
但是，她并没有成为大家所期待的端庄的皇后，而是武断的、野心勃勃的。 yeeyan
But a few blocks south, far away from the blare of Hummer limousine horns, at the fashionable opening of the Algus Greenspon Gallery on Morton Street, a more demure look prevailed.
不过就在隔了几个街区的南边，远离悍马豪华轿车的嘟嘟声，阿尔格斯• 格林斯彭艺术廊的时尚开幕式上，一种更简朴端庄的打扮正在流行。 yeeyan
Compressed air flows beneath silicone skin, triggering actuators that raise her arms and lift the corners of her mouth into a demure smile.
压缩空气在硅质的皮肤下游走，触发了执行器，她抬起双臂，扯了扯嘴角，矜持地一笑。 yeeyan
If you over work the demure, non- sexual act, believe us, you're not going to have much fun.
如果你过分地拘谨，没有任何性感的举动，那么无可置疑，你并不能从中能到乐趣。 bbs.internet.org.cn
It's plain and simple but sophisticated. It's demure yet very sexy.
它简单朴素却又不失精致；它娴静端庄却又性感十足。 edu.sina.com.cn
Just then, a demure female entered the room.
正在这时，一个端庄的女子走进来。 ebigear
Mable also steals sideways glances, just as we do when flirting, to show she’s demure and hard to get, yet interested.
这时梅布尔则会偷偷地看他一眼，表明自己是个不易得手的端庄的淑女，正如我们在调情时所做的那样。 yeeyan
Or Charlotte sweet and demure and probably not?
还是夏洛特她甜美、端庄、娴静或者可能根本相反？ yeeyan
Their beauty is in the unity of the simple and complex, the obvious and subtle, the audacious and demure.
它们的美在于简单和复杂、明显和微妙、无畏和端庄的统一。 bbs.chinadaily.com.cn |