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English translation for "一本正经"

[ yīběnzhèngjīng ] 
be poker-faced; become serious; humourless; in all seriousness; in dead [sad] earnest; look prim and proper; maintain an air of complete respectability; put on an air of a serious manner; solemn; take...seriously

Related Translations:
看来一本正经:  look as if butter would not melt in one‘s mouthlook as if butter would not melt in one’s mouth
一本正经地:  in sad earnest
一本正经的:  earnesthumourlesspoker-facedpriggishprimsolemn
一本正经的英语:  holiday english
一本正经的面容:  poker face
Example Sentences:
1.Amy looked so grave and important .
阿蜜看来相当一本正经,煞有其事。
2.I never heard anything so stiff !
我还从来没有听过这么一本正经的话哩。
3.The old lady said with a dignified air .
那个老太太一本正经地说。
4.One of them would enter sternly .
其中之一会一本正经地走进来。
5.He had been amused at her seriousness .
看到她一本正经的样子,他觉得好笑。
6.Fernando said, all dignity intact .
费尔南多依旧一本正经地说。
7.He was very different from the virtuous edward .
他大不同于一本正经的爱德华。
8.He made his tone official and businesslike .
他用一本正经、公事公办的口气说话。
9.New england's history made for earnestness .
新英格兰的历史促成了一本正经的文风。
10.His gravity made us laugh immoderately .
他那一本正经的样子,使我们笑得不可开交。
Similar Words:
"一本有趣的书" English translation, "一本有实际内容的好书" English translation, "一本寓意草" English translation, "一本这样的词典" English translation, "一本侦探" English translation, "一本正经的" English translation, "一本正经的 呆板的" English translation, "一本正经的面容" English translation, "一本正经的面容, 面无表情的人" English translation, "一本正经的人" English translation