Don’t be so coy, and I know you’d like to do the job.

不要这样忸怩作态, 我 真的喜欢这份工作。

His apish devotion irritated her.

他那惺惺作态的愚忠使她恼火.

Madame Chiang, always stunning in her silk gowns, could be as coy and kittenish as a college coed , or as commanding and petty as a dormitory house mother.

穿绸旗袍的蒋夫人像小猫似地很迷人。她以像一个男女同校的大学女生一样忸怩作态，也以像看管女生宿舍的大妈一样威严和小。