puritan
n
1 Puritan member of the party of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who wanted simpler forms of church ceremony 清教徒(16世紀和17世紀英國基督教新教徒之一派, 主張簡化宗教儀式)
[attrib 作定語]
the Puritan settlers in New England 移民到新英格蘭的英國清教徒.
2 (usu derog 通常作貶義) person who is extremely strict in morals and who tends to regard pleasure as sinful 道德上極拘謹, 視享樂為罪惡的人; 禁欲者; 苦行者
the puritans who wish to clean up television 希望凈化電視內容的道學先生. puritan, adj
1 Puritan of or relating to a Puritan or Puritanism 清教徒的; 清教主義的; 禁欲的; 苦行的.2 = puritanical.
??? 情景例句
It's our family tree.
這是我們的家譜。
Why not go out for a walk?
干嗎不出去散步?
The clouds had come down so suddenly we had no warning.