| 词汇 | example_english_straight-man |
| 释义 | Examples of straight manThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. He was a straightman—genuine, liked and trusted by political foes and friends. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Someone has to be the straightman in this act. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The straightman leads off, then the clowns come on behind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 While the character defending the original play, a mouthpiece for the writer, is a straightman with serious and thoughtful replies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His quick wit allowed him to hold his own against the most stubborn straightman, heckler or interviewer. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Trebek is the beleaguered straightman, and is generally the only person on stage who is interested in playing the game. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Either way, he could never be considered a "real" straightman. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Yabe is considered the straightman in the duo. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Being straightman to one of the greatest entertainers of our time was not all that easy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Shnitzel is the straightman to the other more excitable characters and is frequently agitated. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She often plays the straightman role in the series. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Since then, he has played straightman to the antics of his eccentric wife. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She is generally the straightman in the face of all the absurdities going on around her. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. And there is something inherently funny in that, especially if he's the straightman. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is a bit of a straightman to the group despite having a quirk of vocally narrating the moment to calm himself down. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There was no straightman, so the partnership was a rare one. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A straightman is the unfunny half of a comedy duo who sets up the jokes for the comic to deliver the punch lines. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. To the end of his life he would always reject interviewers' suggestions that he was the straight man, preferring to call himself the song-and-dance man. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There he appeared as singer and a straightman in a series of vaudeville shows. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His character wasn't developed much, as he often appeared in crowd scenes or strips where another straightman was needed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The term feed comes from the way a straightman is wont to set up jokes and feed them to his partner. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Under the expectations of the time, he would be considered the straightman in comedy routines. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Their act is more versatile than many double acts who rely on the straightman/funny man dynamic. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They often function as comic relief, and/or the straightman to the hero's comedic actions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He functions as the straightman for much of the game. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Ober often appeared in roles as a straightman in farcical circumstances. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Here, the straightman was a necessity, as he would repeat the lines of the comic. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He began working in vaudeville in 1922 as the straightman for his older brother's jokes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She's very down-to-earth, and serves as the straightman for her friends, but wishes that her life were more exciting. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Working with many well-known comedians, he became popular as a straightman to their antics. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In character, he is very much the sharp straightman of a comedy duo, speaking veritable storms of malicious insults. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This is a seeming contradiction in terms: by definition, a straightman is the counterpart to a more loony comedic partner. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He simply sits at the desk and plays the straightman to the other characters. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is the mostly normal and the straightman out of the agency. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Evidence plays the straightman in this double act. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He's sort of the grown-up in the room, the straightman for other people who certainly make it a more colorful place to watch. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is usually the straightman for all the bizarre adventures and jokes going on in the series. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Comedy teams traditionally had a straightman and a stooge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Where the straightman serves no personal comic purpose but acts as a device to make the comic look good, he is known as a stooge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The programme's longevity is arguably due in part to the host's ability to be a chairman, create laughs, and to act as a straightman to the comedians who participate. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Spenny is a classic straightman. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Despite the names often given to the roles, the straightman need not be humorless and it is not always the comic who provides the act's humor. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I turn into the straightman. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Apathetic and a perpetual underachiever, he often plays straightman to the rest of his coworkers and is most often the most level-headed of the group. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. You will get fourteen upright men, straight men, and careful men, but they will be essentially politicians. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He likes all the same things that straight men like. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These were straight men but from the street drug world. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This helped take the sting out of not being the laugh-getter and helped ensure the straight man's loyalty to the team. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He may well be one of the most truly sophisticated straight men in the business today. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When his comedy partner behaves eccentrically, the straight man's response ranges from aplomb to outrage, or from patience to frustration. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They are not individually identifiable, but they serve as the straight men and joke-tellers for each day's strip. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The club also accepts straight men and women. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They're just almost born straight men. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In modern times, when whitefaces perform with other clowns, they usually function as the straightman, top banana or the leader of the group. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Newhart became famous mostly on the strength of his audio releases, in which he became the world's first solo straightman. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Dave functions as the mastermind and usually plays the straightman in his own schemes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Leonard has been described as the straightman of the series. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Wise was commonly regarded as the straightman of the partnership, although his role gradually and subtly changed over the years. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Burns wrote most of the material and played the straightman. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Blake is the straightman, the serious army officer who comes to the rescue. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Treadway called him the straightman for his neighbor's antics. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Jake is typically portrayed as the straightman, generally acting as the rational, normal one of the pair. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Armstrong is usually the straightman/victim in these team-ups. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Jess is amazed that a straightman would stand up for her. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Groucho called him the perfect straightman. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Chell continues her role as a silent observer, as the straightman in response to the insanity around her and refuses to give her antagonists any satisfaction. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sam is the straightman of the series, often serious in comparison to the other residents; he often describes the situations the residents find themselves in as being ridiculous. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Field described him as the perfect straightman, with a big friendly smile and easy stage manner which made him engrossing for both children and adults. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Wainwright has stated the song was inspired by a straightman that he met at the gym who told stories about his female students that had crushes on him. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This is the first and so far only format of the series to include straight men in the competition. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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