If you call a person, a rule, or a place puritanical, you mean they are very strict about moral matters, especially sex, and you are showing you do not like that strictness. The word is almost always unkind.

If you call a person, a rule, or a place puritanical如果你說一個人、一條規定，或一個地方puritanical， you mean they are very strict about moral matters你的意思是他們對道德的事情非常嚴格， especially sex尤其是性方面的事， and you are showing you do not like that strictness而且你在表達你不喜歡這種嚴格。 The word is almost always unkind這個字幾乎都是帶著負面意味的。

It comes from the Puritans, a Protestant group known for plain, tight living, but today you can say it about a school, a government, or a parent without talking about that history.

It comes from the Puritans它源自Puritans（清教徒）， a Protestant group known for plain, tight living是一個以簡樸、嚴謹生活出名的新教團體， but today you can say it about a school, a government, or a parent不過現在你可以拿它來形容一間學校、一個政府，或一位家長， without talking about that history而不用提到那段歷史。

Though actually, people sometimes stretch it to mean only “no fun” or “too tight,” even when sex is not the issue. In careful use, the moral — often sexual — tightness is the centre, and the speaker is rolling their eyes.

Though actually不過實際上， people sometimes stretch it to mean only “no fun” or “too tight,”人們有時候會把它延伸成只是「無趣」或「太嚴」的意思， even when sex is not the issue即使跟性完全無關也一樣。 In careful use在講究一點的用法裡， the moral — often sexual — tightness is the centre道德上（通常是性方面）的嚴格才是重點， and the speaker is rolling their eyes而且說話的人是帶著翻白眼的態度在講。