There's nothing soft or demure about it.

“因这个声音既不温柔也不端庄。”

Everything that was supposed to define womanhood, demure, chaste serenity, is junked for Costanza.

一切都是定义女性气质而服务，端庄、贞洁、素静都揉和在Costanza身上。

If you're a testosterone-fueled grumpy Gus, it could render you almost delightfully demure.

如果你是个高睾酮暴脾气，它能让你变得几近愉悦端庄。

But if you're a testosterone-fueled grumpy Gus, it could render you almost delightfully demure.

如果是雄性激素过高、性格暴躁狮子格斯，这种激素也会让其变得娴静端庄。

Startup bosses who proudly moved fast and broke things are now falling over themselves to look demure.

那些以行动迅速、摧枯拉朽初创公司老板们，现在正前赴后继地让自己看起严肃庄重。

In person he is demure and charming.

他本人端庄而迷人。

She looked particularly small and demure this morning.

上她看起特别娇小端庄。

Ooh, what is this, I could look very demure in this.

哦，这是什么，我穿这个看起很端庄。

Initially cast in stereotypical roles, the demure, docile, damsel in distress.

最初扮演刻板角色，端庄、温顺、遇险少女。

But there’s one big issue with that explanation – of promiscuous, possessive men and demure women.

但这种解释存在一个大问题——滥交、占有欲强男人和端庄女人。

" O yes, certainly, " said the girl with a sort of demure alertness which was somewhat amusing.

“哦，是，当然，” 女孩说，带着一种端庄机敏， 这有点有趣。

Each and all were answered by a smile, a bow, and a demure " Yes" or " No" with the chill on.

所有这一切得到回应只是微微一笑、点一下头和一声拘谨冷淡“是”或“不”。

This new stage in my life where it's like, just wanna keep things a little bit simple, bit more demure.

在我人生新阶段，我只想让事情变得简单一点， 端庄一点。

They can be kind of as large and as crazy as you want or as small and demure and subtle as well.

可以特别大、特别夸张，也可以小巧、端庄、细腻，一切随心而定。

All but Erica, who sat at the end of the table in her demure school-supper white dress, listening quietly.

除了穿着端庄学校晚宴白色连衣裙坐在桌子尽头埃丽卡以外， 所有人都在静静地听着。

She must be a woman of complicated character, and there was something dramatic in the contrast of that with her demure appearance.

看她一定是一个性格非常复杂女人，这同她那端庄娴静外表倒构成了极富于戏剧性对比。

George was a demure, studious boy, and his senses seemed to brighten up in the library, where his brother was so gloomy.

乔治学习严肃认真，一进入知识海洋，便显现出惊人赋；捧起书本哈里，总是蔫头耷脑，满脸愁容。

He described their " red lips and white skin" and how their demeanour was " quiet, passive and demure, yet sensual and seductive" .

描述了艺伎“拥有红唇，皮肤白皙”，他们举止如何“安静，被动和端庄，却又感性，富有魅力”。

At this Mrs. Adams abandoned her air of amusement, looked hurt, and glanced at the demure Miss Perry across the table.

亚当斯夫人听了这话， 脸上露出了兴高采烈样子， 看上去很受伤， 隔着桌子瞥了一眼娴静佩里小姐。

He then becomes a hypocrite, timorous and demure; he counsels " peace of soul, " hate-no-more, leniency, " love" of friend and foe.

然后他变成了一个伪君子， 胆小而端庄。 他建议“灵魂和平” 、不再仇恨、宽大、友敌之间“爱” 。