Demure 是一个与小站半年前推送的demur十分形似的单词，源自拉丁语maturus（成熟），现主要用于形容女子“娴静的、端庄的”，

比如：

a timid and demure girl who mistakes a bulge for a curve一个把肥胖部位也错认作曼妙曲线的羞怯而娴静的姑娘

The luscious Miss Scarlett, who oozed sexuality from every pore, gave me a demure but knowing smile.若是用来形容举止、衣物等时，则是指“显得端庄的、庄重的”，强调衣着保守不暴露，给人性格腼腆行为端正的印象，比如：性感迷人的郝思嘉小姐，她浑身上下每个毛孔都散发着性感，对我羞涩地会心一笑。

When it comes to flirting he prefers a more demure or reserved approach to one that is overt.说到调情，相对于直接露骨，他更喜欢较为端庄或含蓄的方式。

A few weeks later, the sanctimonious little hypocrite had shed his demure image.有人娴静端庄是性格教育使然，而有的人表面如此只不过是善于伪装。这也可以将 demure 反过来用作贬义表示“故作庄重的、假正经的、装作害羞的”，比如：几星期以后，那个道貌岸然的伪君子就抛弃了他假正经的形象。

We need to keep changing the attitude that raises our girls to be demure and our boys to be assertive, that criticizes our daughters for speaking out and our sons for shedding a tear. We need to keep changing the attitude that punishes women for their sexuality and rewards men for theirs.名人用例

sedate: calm, dignified, and unhurried modest: (of a woman) dressing or behaving so as to avoid impropriety or indecency, especially to avoid attracting sexual attention meek: quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive我们需要不断改变态度，不再认为应当把女孩培养得端庄矜持、把男孩培养得坚定自信，不再批评女儿说出自己的观点、批评儿子流泪。我们需要不断改变态度，不再因为女人的性别而惩罚她们、因为男人的性别而奖赏他们。出自美国第44任总统贝拉克·奥巴马（Barack Obama，1961年8月4日－）。他是首位拥有非裔血统的美国总统。同近义词