strait-laced

Singapore seems to have gone from strait-laced container port to gambling mecca in one bound.

新加坡似乎已从一个传统的集装箱港口城市一跃成为了赌徒们的圣地。

Dressed in sweatpants, he does not look the strait-laced apparatchik, nor is his office typical of a Chinese businessman's.

黄怒波身着运动裤，看上去不像一丝不苟的共产党官员，而他的办公室也不是典型的中国商人的办公室。

In the process, he overhauled one of the most entrenched, strait laced corporate cultures ever devised by man.

在此过程中，他闯过了一个人类所发明的最大的壕沟，顽固的企业文化。

Some people may consider me strait-laced, but I'm just obeying the law.

有的人可能认为我过于拘泥，我不过只是守法而已。

But his conformist image and manner belie his break with strait-laced japanese business conventions.

不过，他墨守成规的形象与举止，其实掩饰了他对日本企业刻板传统的背弃。

He is also sometimes criticized for a bureaucratic, strait-laced management style.

另外，有人不时指责冈田克也的管理风格太官僚、古板。

According to this view, the past decadent decade will give way to a new era of thrift, reminiscent of the strait-laced 1950s.

根据这一观点，奢华的过去十年可能让位于节俭新时代，让人想起上世纪50年代“勒紧裤腰带”的时代。

Rigidly adhering to standards of conduct; strait-laced

自以为是的：僵硬地坚持行为的准则的；拘谨的