【demurely音标】 英[dɪˈmjʊəli] 美[dɪˈmjʊrli]
【单词释义】 demurely是什么意思：
adv. 装成端庄地；认真地
[单词分级] 商务/生活英语词汇
【单词例句】
◇ He glanced, with a very critical eye, at all the flower-beds, and found that the flowers were seated quietly and demurely on their stalks, just as maidens should sit before they are engaged; but there was a great number of them, and it appeared as if his search would become very wearisome.
因此他就把她们都看了一遍。每朵花都是安静地、端庄地坐在梗子上，正如一个姑娘在没有订婚时那样坐着。可是她们的数目非常多，选择很不容易。
---- The Butterfly