He's so prim and proper at work.

他在工作中极为拘谨得。

A little kind of prim pose where she gets her hands, she crosses her fingers that she holds in front of herself, like a very good girl.

她做了一个循蹈的姿势，两只手互握着放在前面，表现得像个乖女孩。

She had a way, too, of demurely popping hither and thither into all sorts of places to gratify her curiosity on any point-a way which, if she had not looked so very genteel and prim, might have been considered impertinent.

她也能以一种得的方式突然出现在各种各样的地方，以满足她对任何事情的好奇心——如果她看起来不是那么文雅和拘谨，这种方式可能会被认为是无礼的。

" Next door." And he looked up and laughed outright, for Jo's prim manner was rather funny when he remembered how they had chatted about cricket when he brought the cat home.

“隔壁，”他抬起头来看看，坦率地笑了，因为乔的举止那么拘谨，实在好笑。他记起来，当他把那只猫送回去时，他们两人曾经聊过关于打板球的事。

At Prada, co-creative directors Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons presented a commercially sound collection of feminine pieces such as prim knits and cardigans and dresses adorned with ribbons and flowers.

在拉达（Prada），联合创意总监Miuccia Prada和Raf Simons展示了一系列商业上可行的女性化单品，如端庄的针织衫和开襟衫，以及装饰有丝带和花朵的连衣裙。

She leaned against her mother and burst into such a loud, ringing fit of laughter that even the prim visitor could not help joining in.

她倒在妈妈怀里放声大笑，就连那古板的女客也忍不住笑起来。

Then she saw the Lion, screamed and fled, and with her fled her class, who were mostly dumpy, prim little girls with fat legs.

接着她又看到阿斯兰，立刻尖叫着逃开了。她那一班又矮又胖、一本正经的小姑娘也随之一哄而散，惟独格温多伦犹豫着没走开。

It was a prim, virginal little room and it lay still and warm in the slanting rays of the four-o'clock sun.

这是一间整洁的小小闺房，安而温暖地沐浴在下午四点斜照的阳光里。

It's the prim and proper girls.

那是文的女生。

If the Laurences had been what Jo called 'prim and poky', she would not have got on at all, for such people always made her shy and awkward.

如果劳伦斯家的人真像乔所谓的“古板冷漠”的话，那么乔就根本不会同他们这样合得来了，因为这类人常使她羞怯和局促。

But Aunt March had not this gift, and she worried Amy very much with her rules and orders, her prim ways, and long, prosy talks.

但马奇叔婆不具备这种才能，她用她的清戒律，她的古板的方式，以及冗长乏味的唠叨，把艾米折磨得够呛。

" Don't worry about me. I'll be as prim as I can and not get into any scrapes, if I can help it. Now go and answer your note, and let me finish this splendid story."

“你不必为我操心，我会尽量做得，只要办得到，就不出一点差错。现在你去答复那份请帖吧，让我读完这小说。”

For Amy's face was full of the soft brightness which betokens a peaceful heart, her voice had a new tenderness in it, and the cool, prim carriage was changed to a gentle dignity, both womanly and winning.

因为艾米的脸上充满了柔和的明亮光辉，表露出内心的宁，她的嗓音中有一种新的温柔意味，那种凛然不可侵犯的仪态已转化为一种文雅端庄，既有女人味又令人信服。

Looking prim and proper was par for the course for the All-American girl ball player.

- 看起来端庄得是全美女子球运动员的标准。

She's awfully prim and proper and she'll scold dreadfully about this, I know.

她非常拘谨和得，我知道她会为此大骂一顿。

Didn't mean to, uh, you're very prim and proper, uh, uh, Parabell.

无意冒犯，呃，你非常端庄得，呃，呃，帕拉贝尔。

So like, they're very, you know, prim and proper.

所以呢，他们非常讲究和得。

So then I was being all, you know, prim and not mentioning it.

于是我表现得一本正经，绝口不提此事。

Like you're going to have to be prim and proper.

你得表现得端庄得。

In uttering these words I looked up: he seemed to me a tall gentleman; but then I was very little; his features were large, and they and all the lines of his frame were equally harsh and prim.

我抬起头来， 看着他说这些话。 在我眼中，他似乎是个高大的绅士， 不过我那时还很小。 他的五官很大， 而且他的面容和身形线条同样严厉而刻板。