| 词汇 | po-faced |
| 释义 | po-faced adjective uk /ˌpəʊˈfeɪst/ us /ˈpoʊˌfeɪst/ UKinformaldisapproving too serious and disapproving: 一本正经的;板着脸的 Two po-faced men came to inspect the house.两个面容严肃的男子来检查这间房子。 The film is serious but not po-faced.这部电影很严肃但并不呆板乏味。 lacking humour and not meant to be funny seriousShe had a serious look on her face. earnestAt that time he was an earnest young environmental activist. soberThe mood of the gathering was sober and reflective. sombreUKSince their colleague died there has been a very sombre atmosphere in the office. solemnThe two men fell silent, their faces solemn. informal A po-faced person has a face with a serious, disapproving, or empty expression: 面无表情的 She remained po-faced all evening, even when the rest of us were in stitches at Bob's jokes.她整个晚上都不苟言笑，即使在其他人因为鲍勃的笑话笑破了肚皮时也是如此。 Lacking humour a laugh a minuteidiom be no laughing matteridiom beyond beyond a jokeidiom earnestly earnestness humourless humourlessly intense lightly saturnine sober soberly solemnity sombrely sombreness straight-facedly turgid turgidity turgidly You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Not showing or feeling emotions Examples of po-facedpo-faced One shouldn't be too po-faced, however: the same could be said of most new orchestral pieces. I received a somewhat po-faced reply to my inquiries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no po-faced moralistic view on the matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At least some of us can try to do that, whereas others sit, po-faced and smug, and make irrelevant sedentary interventions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It should be within our wit to turn those matters to our advantage instead of sitting po-faced in the corner complaining and waiting for the next row. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, it's stylistically po-faced, overly pious and almost puritanical about the subject matter. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These 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. |
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