staid

英 [steɪd]

美 [steɪd]

adj.  没意思的; 古板的; 一本正经的

比较级：staider　

GRETEM8

BNC.19440 / COCA.18779

牛津词典

adj.

• 没意思的；古板的；一本正经的
  not amusing or interesting; boring and old-fashioned

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 严肃的;无聊的;古板的
  If you say that someone or something isstaid, you mean that they are serious, dull, and rather old-fashioned.
  1. ...a staid seaside resort.
     了无生气的海滨度假胜地

英英释义

adj

• characterized by dignity and propriety
  Synonym:sedate

双语例句

• Their strategy of development finance emphasizes the important role of entrepreneurship and markets over a staid aid-system of development that preaches hand-outs.
  它们的经济发展战略强调企业和市场的重要地位，而不是僵化的发展援助系统，只会不断索取。
• Look at UK fashion company Burberry. Not long ago it was a relatively staid UK brand.
  诸位看看英国时尚公司巴宝莉（Burberry），不久之前，它还是相当保守的英国品牌。
• Chrysler products were perceived as staid and a little boring.
  克莱斯勒公司的车子被人认为式样太死板，令人有点生厌。
• He has a steady job, a house in a respectable neighbourhood and leads a very staid life.
  他有份稳定的工作，在富人区有幢房子并过着一成不变的生活。
• SIR WILLIAM staid only a week at Hunsford; but his visit was long enough to convince him of his daughter's being most comfortably settled, and of her possessing such a husband and such a neighbour as were not often met with.
  威廉爵士在汉斯福只待了一个星期，可是经过了这一次短短的拜访，他大可以为了：女儿嫁得极其称心如意，而且有了这样不可多得的丈夫和难能可贵的邻居。
• Had I received any letter from Mansfield, to tell me how you were all going on, I believe I should certainly have staid;
  我要是能收到一封曼斯菲尔德的来信，告诉我你们的情况，我想我肯定会待下去。
• For a young Moroccan couple, getting married is no staid affair.
  对年轻的摩洛哥情侣而言，结婚并不会是件乏味的事。
• Davis in the staid office was conspicuous by his eccentricities.
  在那间气氛庄重的办公室里，戴维斯因其种种怪癖而分外显眼。
• We think of the Puritans as staid people.
  我们认为清教徒是很稳重的人。
• I always thought of him as a rather staid old gentleman.
  我一直以为他是个相当古板的绅士。