1. And here she closed her harangue: a long one for her, and uttered with the demureness of a Quakeress.
这番话对地来说是够长的了,而且口气里带着贵格会女教徒的假正经。
2. Person, or so impresses every feature with an air of demureness, if not
不说是假装绅士假装成熟也是故作端庄的家伙都绷不住了。
3. I know nothing, indeed, which so disfigures the countenance of a young person, or so impresses every feature with an air of demureness, if not altogether of sanctimoniousness and of age.
我,说真的,不知道有什么会把一个年轻人的面孔伪装成这样,给面孔的每一部分都加上如此明显的做作神情,如果说不是加上满脸的伪善和世故的话。
noun
1. the affectation of being demure in a provocative way
Synonym: coyness
2. demureness
2. the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum