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

• If he had come at Christmas he could not have staid three days;
  他要是赶在圣诞节来，那就会连三天也住不上。
• The assertiveness has sent shivers through staid Japanese boardrooms.
  这个决断震撼了沉静的日本的会议室。
• 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。
• 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。
• The normally staid money markets will be watched closely this week to see if it has worked.
  本周正常稳定的货币市场将会被仔细观察以确定行动是否有效。
• 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。
• 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。
• We think of the Puritans as staid people.
  我们认为清教徒是很稳重的人。
• No wonder the normally staid International Monetary Fund has called the German-led debate unproductive.
  难怪连一向稳重的国际货币基金组织（IMF）都忍不住称，德国所主导的辩论不具成效。
• Although laid-back Sydney is australia's gay capital, it was left to more staid Canberra to introduce the country's first law allowing gay and lesbian couples to form civil unions.
  尽管悠闲懒散的悉尼是澳大利亚的同性恋之都，但堪培拉却将其甩在了后面，率先引入了全国第一项允许同性恋之间结合的民事结合关系法。