Don’t be so coy, and I know you’d like to do the job.

不要这样忸怩作态, 我知道你 真喜欢这份工作。

His apish devotion irritated her.

他那惺惺作态愚忠使她恼火.

Madame Chiang, always stunning in her silk gowns, could be as coy and kittenish as a college coed , or as commanding and petty as a dormitory house mother.

穿绸旗夫人像小猫似地很迷人。她以像个男同校大学样忸怩作态，也以像看管宿舍大妈样威严和小心眼儿。