buttoned-down
adjective[before noun]
USuk/ˌbʌt.əndˈdaʊn/us/ˌbʌt̬.əndˈdaʊn/(alsobutton-down)formalandold-fashionedorboring:
保守的,守旧的;缺乏创造力的a buttoned-downaccountant/lawyer做事一板一眼的会计/律师
How well will Landman'slaid-backattitudemergewith the more button-downstyleat Hughes Electronics Corp.?兰德曼先生懒散的态度与休斯电子公司较中规中矩的工作作风会磨合得怎么样?
Manners & levels of formality
- casualization
- ceremonious
- ceremoniously
- ceremony
- decency
- formally
- genteel
- genteelly
- gentility
- grace
- ground rules
- non-formal
- non-U
- not the done thingidiom
- over-familiar
- propriety
- solemnity
- unbuttoned
- valediction
- valedictory
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