puritan

puritan

英 ['pjʊərɪt(ə)n]
　　美 ['pjʊrɪtən]

adj. 清教徒的
　　n. 清教徒

中文詞源：

puritan 禁欲者，清教徒

來自purity,純潔，純凈，-an,人。比喻用法。

例句：

1. Bykov had forgotten that Malinin was something of a puritan.
貝科夫已經忘記瞭馬利寧是個清教徒式的人物。

2. Paul was someone who certainly had a puritan streak in him.
保羅身上無疑帶有清教徒氣質。

3. His dissolute life is inconsistent with his Puritan upbringing.
他的放蕩生活和他的清教徒教養相悖.

4. This dramatic vigour is the chief strength of Puritan writing.
這種生氣勃勃的勁頭便是清教時期寫作的主要動力.

5. No other Puritan writers than Tyler in America displayed such verbal riches.
美國的清教徒作傢在詞藻運用上,沒有一個比泰勒更豐富的瞭.