They are impatient with stuffy conventions.

他们无法忍受古板的条条框框。

I'm less likely to change my rigidity because they are associated in my mind.

反而不容易去改变自己的古板，因为在的意识里，它们是相互关联的。

Well, my last job was at a pretty conservative law firm.

前一直在一古板保守的律所工作。

What's the matter? -He's just back to boring, strait-laced, off the junk.

怎么了？-他又变回那个无趣古板的乖宝宝了。

I had to do something to prove we weren't some stuffy killjoys.

必须想办法证明们不是古板的扫兴。

Another is the risk of a cultural clash between IBM's still relatively strait-laced culture and Red Hat's freewheeling one.

另一个问题是IBM仍然相对古板的文和红帽子自由文的文冲突风险。

You're such a square, Greg. Why do you think we can't call guys and ask them out?

你是个古板的人，格雷格。为什么你认为们不能给男方打电话约他们出去？

Surprisingly, this experiment is taking place in Japan—a country with one of the most rigid academic hierarchies in the world.

令人惊讶的是，这次改革试验也发生在世界学术界最古板的国度一本。

Its name was widely understood to contrast it with stodgier operators too willing to say " no" . Investors were entranced.

人们普遍认为，它的名字和那些不愿意说“不”的古板运行商形成了鲜明对比。投资者们非常开心。

" I do it out of respect for you, my dear, " said old-fashioned John.

“亲爱的，这样做是出于对你的尊重，”古板的约翰说。

Because I was a priggish young cub, I suppose.

因为当时是个古板的小子，想。

It took those staid fonts and gave them a dash of mod flavor.

它采用了那些古板的字体并赋予了它们一丝现代气息。

But you're not playing staid or boring music.

但你演奏的不是古板或无聊的音乐。

Even Frank Lloyd Wright humoured clients who wanted fuddy-duddy features such as closets.

甚至弗兰克·劳埃德·赖特也会迁就那些想要衣柜等古板功能的客户。

I was like, I did not mean to kiss your husband, but I'm a prude.

说，真没想亲你老公，但确实是个古板的人。

Which was very surprising to me because my grandmother was quite a straight-laced person.

这让非常惊讶，因为的祖母是个相当古板的人。

Do you want to be a square?

你想成为一个古板的人吗？

And he was a rather sort of stuffy aristocrat.

而且他是个相当古板的贵族。

And by the way, I'm not some uptight white guy.

顺便说一句，可不是那种古板的白人男生。

Now Hoover's a straight, straight laced guy.

现在胡佛是个非常古板的人。