With the fork, he will break free of the bonds of all this family, all this happiness and contentment – and all that is staid and complacent!(他要用這把叉子，打破這個家庭的條條框框，丟棄所有的快樂和滿足感--穩重和自滿！)

A staid-looking gentleman was upset at the dress of some young people in the street.(一位樣子古板的紳士，對大街上一些年輕人的穿著很反感。)

Others are more staid than Gates.(其他人比蓋茨更古板。)

I often use Urbandictionary to research slang USES of otherwise staid and respectable words.(我經常使用“城市詞典”來研究大量詞匯固定用法之外的俚語用法。)

He has transformed the staid, insular, 200-year-old savings bank into one of the largest retail Banks in central and eastern Europe.(他將一家200歲的四平八穩閉門造車的儲蓄銀行變成了中東歐地區最大的零售銀行之一。)

China's biggest producer of wind power, China Longyuan power, is in essence a staid regulated utility.(中國龍源電力，作為中國最大的風力發電生產商，原本是一個刻板而規范的企業。)

They fear the staid old body, which churns out economic analysis and recommendations, may drift into dangerous waters.(他們擔心這個艱難做出經濟分析和建議的年邁老朽的團體會漂進危險水域。)

The assertiveness has sent shivers through staid Japanese boardrooms.(這個決斷震撼了沉靜的日本的會議室。)

The place is labeled a museum but there is nothing quiet, staid, stuffy or old about it.(這座宮殿雖名為博物館，不過既不寧靜、不端莊、不沉悶也不老舊。)

Big, brash Karachi vies with more staid Lahore as the heart of Pakistan's art scene.(更大更激進的卡拉奇(市)一直都在與更加一本正經的拉合爾(市)較勁誰才是巴基斯坦的藝術中心。)

It was a staid, respectable magazine.