音标:[di'mjuә] ;
a. 装成端庄的, 假正经的, 娴静的
s affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way

考试类型:[GRE]
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demure的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. To counterbalance the hairdo, Tymoshenko's outfits needed to be demure yet commanding.为了平衡发型的风格
  2. She looks like a very demure young lady.她看上去像一个矜持的少女。

经典引文

  • Come, pensive Nun, devout and pure, Sober, steadfast and demure.

    出自:Milton
  • Theirs was an age when the favoured feminine look was the demure, the obedient, the shy.

    出自:J. Fowles
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