puritan

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pu·ri·tan /ˈpjʊərətən $ ˈpjʊr-/ noun [countable]  1. STRICTsomeone with strict moral views who thinks that pleasure is unnecessary and wrong 过清教徒式生活的人〔道德标准严格，认为享乐没有必要并且是错误的〕n2. → Puritan —puritan adjective the Puritan work ethic 清教徒工作准则

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puritan• It might be heresy to say this in a modern world, but the Profitboss is a puritan.• He was neither a hypocrite nor a puritan.• Of course I was not - at least I told myself I was not - a puritan.• She's hardly the type for an old puritan like you, Karelius.• He remained a Scandinavian puritan, less humourous than Bergman, certainly more covert about sexuality generally.• The playboy and the puritan made an odd couple, but they could use each other.nPuritanRRCa member of a Protestant religious group in the 16th and 17th centuries, who wanted to make religion simpler 清教徒〔16世纪和17世纪基督教一教派成员，主张简化宗教仪式〕Origin Puritan (1500-1600) Late Latin puritas “purity”, from Latin purus; → PURE

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puritan
pu‧ri‧tan /ˈpjʊərətən, ˈpjʊərɪtən $ ˈpjʊr-/ noun [countable]1. someone with strict moral views who thinks that pleasure is unnecessary and wrong
2. Puritan a member of a Protestant religious group in the 16th and 17th centuries, who wanted to make religion simpler
—puritan adjective:
    the Puritan work ethic