demure是什麼意思_音標_用法_例句

簡單釋義：

adj. 嫻靜的；端莊的；（女子的舉止或衣服等）顯得莊重的

網路 矜持的；佯作端莊；嫻靜端莊的

變形：

比較級：demurer  最高級：demurest  

完整釋義：

adj.

1.矜持
2.嫻靜的,拘謹的,莊重的
3.假裝正經的

例句：

1. The girl who has got to make her way in life has got to be dauntless, and if she has a pretty, demure manner with it, then luck girl.
   為生計所打拚的女孩子不得不勇敢無畏，如果她舉止又溫馴嫻淑，那她就是個幸運的女孩。

2. They were so thrilled and delighted that they flung away any pretence of being demure young ladies and rushed out of the house.
   她們驚喜若狂，因此一掃少女往常的矜持，衝出屋子。

3. She had a look of demure joy, recalling the married Frank or Dean (she couldn't tell us who) crooning to her over the M. R. I. machine.
   她帶著羞澀的喜悅，想起了已婚的弗蘭克或者迪安（她不能告訴我們是誰），穿過核磁共振機，深情地唱歌給她聽。

4. Once more she is distracted, catching the eye of the waiter with a demure flutter of restaurant semaphore and asking for more water.
   她又一次離開了談話的主題，用端莊的揮手吸引來侍者的注意，又要了一些水。

5. A girl not out has always the same sort of dress: a close bonnet, for instance; looks very demure, and never says a word.
   一個沒有進入社交界的姑娘，總是那身打扮，比如說，戴著一頂貼發無邊小圓軟帽，樣子非常嫻靜，總是一聲不響。

6. She gave him a demure smile.
   她裝作羞答答地對他微笑。

7. It seemed to lawyer Martin that the women were unusually demure and the men more swashbuckling than usual.
   在馬丁律師看來，那些婦女似乎都出奇地嫻靜端莊，而那些男子則似乎都比平常更為裝模作樣。

8. We don't expect a girl skilfully driving her car to be demure, we expect her to be dauntless.
   我們但願一個女孩子諳練駕駛汽車時不要太自持肅靜嚴重，而應是斗膽無畏的。