prim.

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prim.
adj.
1.
一本正经的；循规蹈矩的；古板的always behaving in a careful and formal way, and easily shocked by anything that is rude
You can't tell her that joke─she's much too prim and proper .
你可别跟她讲那个笑话；她这个人古板正经得要命。
2.
正式的；端庄的formal and neat
a prim suit with a high-necked collar
端庄的高领西服

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1.
If Grandfather were here, she thought, he would say that it was all my governess's fault for raising me to be so prim and proper!
如果祖父在这儿，她心想，他一定会说都怪我的家庭教师把我培养得太古板了。
rú guǒ zǔ fù zài zhè er , tā xīn xiǎng , tā yí dìng huì shuō dōu guài wǒ de jiā tíng jiào shī bǎ wǒ péi yǎng de tài gǔ bǎn le 。
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2.
The little girl from the convent was in her prim white dress, with her small submissive face.
那个从修道院来的小姑娘穿着整洁的白外衣，一张温驯的小脸蛋。
nà ge cóng xiū dào yuàn lái de xiǎo gū niang chuān zhe zhěng jié de bái wài yī , yī zhāng wēn xùn de xiǎo liǎn dàn 。
3.
A further significant factor is the company's concentration on its code business processes: prim design, production and merchandizing.
另一重大因素是，公司对其核心产业经营过程的关注，即对产品设计、生产和促销的关注。
lìng yī zhòng dà yīn sù shì , gōng sī duì qí hé xīn chǎn yè jīng yíng guò chéng de guān zhù , jí duì chǎn pǐn shè jì 、 shēng chǎn hé cù xiāo de guān zhù 。
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4.
Anyway, he must have noticed my starched shirt and how quiet I was in the meeting. I was all prim and proper.
怎么说呢，他一定是注意到了我笔挺的衬衫和会议上的沉默寡言和我那一本正经的样子。
zěn me shuō ne , tā yí dìng shì zhù yì dào le wǒ bǐ tǐng de chèn shān hé huì yì shàng de chén mò guǎ yán hé wǒ nà yì běn zhèng jīng de yàng zǐ 。
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5.
Even Mr. Fleagle stopped two or three times to hold back a small prim smile.
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。
shèn zhì lián fú lì gé ěr xiān sheng yě zhōng duàn le liǎng sān cì , yǐ kòng zhì tā nà wēi wēi de , gǔ bǎn de xiào róng 。
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6.
The second time she asked me to prove our innocence, I assumed a prim expression to suggest an intercourse with her.
第二次她要我证明我们俩无辜，我又一本正经地向她建议举行一次性交。
dì èr cì tā yào wǒ zhèng míng wǒ men liǎ wú gū , wǒ yòu yì běn zhèng jīng de xiàng tā jiàn yì jǔ xíng yí cì xìng jiāo 。
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7.
There is an invisible emitter at the center of every prim .
这是一个看不见的射线，在物元的中央。
zhè shì yī gè kàn bú jiàn de shè xiàn , zài wù yuán de zhōng yāng 。
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8.
Due to their criticism and their desire for things to be in the right place the Maiden can appear rather prim and proper.
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。
yóu yú xǐ huan pī píng yǐ jí yāo qiú wù guī yuán chù de xí guàn , chǔ nǚ zuò kàn lái wǎng wǎng zhèng jīng bā bǎi 。
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9.
She led me into her prim sitting room. From the mantel she took a model of a sailing ship, exquisitely carved.
她领我走进她整洁的客厅，从壁炉架上取下一个制作精巧的船模。
tā lǐng wǒ zǒu jìn tā zhěng jié de kè tīng , cóng bì lú jià shàng qǔ xià yī gè zhì zuò jīng qiǎo de chuán mú 。
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10.
To me he looked to be sixty or seventy and excessively prim.
我看他有六七十岁了，古板之极。
wǒ kàn tā yǒu liù qī shí suì le , gǔ bǎn zhī jí 。
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