straight arrow

straight arrow

美 　英

• n.老实巴交的人；循规蹈矩的人
• 网络规矩正直的人；诚实坦率的人；笔直的箭

词形变化

复数：straight arrows  

英汉解释

n.	1. someone who is reliable and good but may be slightly boring

例句

i got to give you credit . being such a straight arrow for so damn many years without it catching up with you.

我还得感谢你呢。这些年来都是你在作威作福，我一点机会都没有。

Jeff has always been a straight arrow.

杰夫一直是个品行端正的老实人。

Looks like our resident moral compass isn't such a straight arrow after all.

看上去我们的道德标准指南针的指针，毕竟也不是那么的直。

Paul, a devout Baptist, director of his church choir, and certified straight arrow, listened patiently while the legislators droned on.

保罗，这位虔诚的浸礼会教徒、教堂唱诗班的指挥，而且还是个十足的规矩人，则耐心地听着他们几位喋喋不休的数落。

Sima guang manner and meek, his straight-arrow manner, its personality is the model of Confucianism, cultivate people always admired.

司马光为人温良谦恭、刚正不阿，其人格堪称儒学教化下的典范，历来受人景仰。

isn't such a straight arrow after all.

到头来也并非个循规蹈矩之人

He's such a straight arrow.

他是个规矩正直的人。