We had music, and we had poetry, and - this will sound very priggish - we had this tremendous high-thinking life.
我们有音乐、诗歌,这听起来有点自负,但是我们确实过着这种精神生活。
There was a tiny priggish warning voice in my ear which in the tones of Collins told me it was seemly to hold back.
我耳边响起一种微弱的,一本正经的,象科林斯的声音,警告我最好不要去。
And the Late Tang Form secluded poets had a great priggish and lonely spirit that became a symbol of noble quality in the Song Dynasty and later periods.