Are you someone who's more laid back or more buttoned up and formal?

你是比较随和人还是比较拘正式人？

“I've never asked, ” said Nearly Headless Nick delicately.

“我从来问过。”差点尼克拘地说。

When people hear negative comments, they become hesitant and reserved.

当人们听到负面评价时，他们会变得犹豫和拘。

America's earnest, decentralised political culture does not always appeal to starchy Britons.

美国式认真、分散政治文化并不总是吸引着拘英国人。

I'm not a prude by any manner of means, but they must be so insecure.

无论如何，我不是一个拘人，但他们一定很有安全感。

Whereas hugging shows closeness, shaking hands means that there is a little more formality in the relationship.

而握手意味着两人关系中更多了一些拘与礼节。

Whenever he was around other people, Edwin became tense, clammed-up and withdrawn.

每当他和其他人在一起时，埃德温就会变得紧张、拘和退缩。

Some dislike the noise and formality of offices, or suffer from discrimination within them.

有些人不喜欢喧闹而拘办公室环境，或者在办公室受到歧视。

He said with an air of constraint.

他一脸拘说道。

He sneered more, his words were apt to be more biting, but the manner that accompanied them was always punctilious — too punctilious.

他可能更爱嘲弄人，言语更加犀利带刺，但同时态度也更加拘，----有时是太拘了。

His letter was abrupt, formal, and constrained.

他信生硬、正式、拘。

Y'all are very affectionate, and Americans are very uptight.

你们都很亲切，美国人很拘。

Out on the street again Biff walked with measured formality.

比夫又一次走在街上，非常拘。

Such a strappen fine gentleman as he was too!

像他一样是个拘好绅士！

The least uptight person there was Tom Ford.

那里最不拘人是汤姆·福特。

I can't stand his type-all that primness and mountainous self-importance.

我受不了他那种拘和高山般自大。

For example I could say, I'm pretty reserved at work. I'm pretty reserved at work but with my friends I'm really talkative.

例如，我可以说我在工作中很拘。我在工作中很拘，但是和朋友在一起我非常健谈。

We were both a little silent, a little constrained, each preoccupied with his own thoughts.

我们都有些沉默， 有些拘，各怀心思。

We have too long been prim and restrained.

我们太久以来一直拘和克制。

" Perhaps it was too prudish, " she said repentantly.

“也许这太拘了， ” 她懊悔地说。