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她们矫揉造作，一本正经还撅着嘴。They mince and prim and pout.

两个一本正经的老处女安静地坐在一起。Two prim spinsters are sitting together quietly.

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麦格又那么一本正经，我们对面穿过都不让我跟他搭腔。Meg is so prim she won't let me speak to him when we pass.

我看他有六七十岁了，古板之极。To me he looked to be sixty or seventy and excessively prim.

“水蜡树”第三个声音显得比前两个正式多了。"Privet." This third voice was rather more prim than the first two.

我会尽量板着面孔，不去闯祸，如果我能做到的话。I'll be as prim as I can and not get into any scrapes , if I can help it.

就连弗利格尔先生也停顿了两三次，好抑制他那一丝拘谨的微笑。Even Mr. Fleagle stopped two or three times to hold back a small prim smile.

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甚至连弗利格尔先生也中断了两三次，以控制他那微微的，古板的笑容。Even Mr. Fleagle stopped two or three times to hold back a small prim smile.

他只能毫无乐趣、规规矩矩地跟着妈妈走在平坦的柏油路上。He can be without fun, prim ground to follow mom to go on even blacktop only.

这位太太年华四十三，其貌不扬，态度拘谨，鼻架眼镜，头发已稀疏。She was a prim ugly woman of forty-three, who wore glasses and had sparse hair.

在循规蹈矩的上世纪50年代，美国高校宿舍限制异性出入。In the prim 1950s, college dorms were off-limits to members of the opposite sex.

那是奇特的组合——古板严肃的年轻女王和上了年纪、玩世不恭的维新党成员相组合。It was a strange conjunction—the prim serious young Queen and the elderly, cynical Whig.

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他西装笔挺，领带打结不偏不倚对准白衬衣领头纽扣。He wore prim suits with neckties set primly against the collar buttons of his white shirts.

他身穿古板的套装，领带端端正正地顶着白衬衣的领扣。He wore prim suits with neckties set primly against the collar buttons of his white shirts.

求婚成功的人会在每期节目的最后，收到一支雅致的红玫瑰以及一个印在脸颊上的轻吻。Successful suitors receive a prim red rose and a peck on the cheek at the end of each episode.

是“热情洋溢”的韦利，“循规蹈矩”的塞登斯蒂克还是“温文尔雅”的泰勒---今晚，你会选择谁与你一道“同床共枕”？Effervescent Waley, prim Seidensticker or suave Tyler—who will you take to bed with you tonight?

她干净的外表和优雅的举止应该排在共同爱好、兴趣和目标之后。Her prim and proper behavior should come in second to sharing similar tastes, interests and goals.

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那你就是拥有独特特征的英式英语的受害者了，英式英语对于表达真实所想来说太过拘谨、礼貌了。Then you've been victim of the uniquely British trait of being too prim and polite to say what we really mean.

如果易出事故的力拓董事会推荐这一交易，那么必然会有采取其它行动的初步理由。If Rio's accident-prone bo ard is recommending the de al, there must be a prim af acie case for doing something else.

由于喜欢批评以及要求物归原处的习惯，处女座看来往往正经八百。Due to their criticism and their desire for things to be in the right place the Maiden can appear rather prim and proper.