joe wondered whether their prudery would ruin things, or add even more hilarity.
乔怀疑了无论他们的装规矩将会毁灭事物或增加甚至更多的欢闹心情。
we think of it as a time of buttoned-up prudery and repression —and it was —but loosen the corset of 1860s england and out spills the kink.
大家的印象中,那是一个沉默的假道学和压抑的时代——是的——但松开19世纪60年代英格兰的塑身衣,蹦出来的是变态。
prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.
伪道学是一种贪婪,还是贪婪中最坏的贪婪。