They are impatient with stuffy conventions.

他们无法忍受的条条框框。

I had to do something to prove we weren't some stuffy killjoys.

我必须想办法证明我们不的扫兴鬼。

What's the matter? -He's just back to boring, strait-laced, off the junk.

怎么了？-他又变回那个无趣的乖宝宝了。

Another is the risk of a cultural clash between IBM's still relatively strait-laced culture and Red Hat's freewheeling one.

另一个问题IBM仍然相对的文化和红帽子自由文化之间的文化冲突风险。

You're such a square, Greg. Why do you think we can't call guys and ask them out?

你个的人，格雷格。为什么你认为我们不能给男方打电话约他们出去？

Well, my last job was at a pretty conservative law firm.

之前我一直在一间保守的律所工作。

Surprisingly, this experiment is taking place in Japan—a country with one of the most rigid academic hierarchies in the world.

令人惊讶的，这次改革试验也发生在世界学术界最的国度之一日本。

It took those staid fonts and gave them a dash of mod flavor.

它采用了那些的字体并赋予了它们一丝现代气息。

What could that miserable schoolmarm offer him that I can't?

我有什么比不上那个的老女人吗？

" I never saw such a funny, old-fashioned child, sister, " she said.

“姐姐，我从来没有这么有趣、的孩子，”她说。

Like an old-fashioned guy, like 10,000, 20,000, 50,000 years ago.

像个的家伙，像一万年、两万年、五万年前。

Fisker baffled the Tesla teams with his stodgy designs.

菲斯克以其的设计让特斯拉团队感到困惑。

" I do it out of respect for you, my dear, " said old-fashioned John.

“亲爱的，我这样做出于对你的尊重，”的约翰说。

But you're not playing staid or boring music.

但你演奏的不或无聊的音乐。

I'm less likely to change my rigidity because they are associated in my mind.

我反而不容易去改变自己的，因为在我的意识里，它们相互关联的。

All eyes were turned to the entrance as Stephen spoke, and the ancient-mannered conclave scrutinized him inquiringly.

斯蒂芬说话时，所有人的目光都转向了入口处，的秘密会议询问地审视着他。

Even Frank Lloyd Wright humoured clients who wanted fuddy-duddy features such as closets.

甚至弗兰克·劳埃德·赖特也会迁就那些想要衣柜等功能的客户。

We're at the Marshall Chess Club in Manhattan, which is this big, stodgy brownstone with lots of mahogany.

JAD：我们在曼哈顿的马歇尔国际象棋俱乐部，这一座又大又的褐砂石建筑，里面有很多桃花心木。

See, Dorrit? Your dad's not quite as square as you think.

多莉特 你爸爸不你想的老吧。

It was the late sixties, and the straight-laced Robin found himself in the middle of a counterculture that revolved around drugs and sex.

当时60年代末，的罗宾发现自己身处于反主流文化之中，到处都毒品和性。