英语释义

• a serious facial expression giving no evidence of interest or amusement

片语

kept a straight face板着脸

straight-face testThe straight face test (also laugh test or giggle test) is a test of whether something is legitimate or serious based on whether a given statement or legal argument can be made sincerely, without any compulsion to laugh. The phrase goes back to about 1987.

keep a straight face板着脸

with a straight face绷着脸

straight face piston ring圆柱面活塞环

straight-face tool直线型切刀

plain-straight-face flange平面法兰

straight t face直线工祖

英汉例句

• Nobody could argue with a straight face that this week「s sanctions were unjustified.

  没人会板起面孔争辩本周的制裁不公正。

• All in all, the experience made it hard for me to keep a straight face when people referred to whale as a 「delicacy.」

  总之，这次体验让我很难理解为什么人们会把鲸鱼当作一种美食。

• Some people have a dry sense of humor, and can keep a straight face and let their voice sound as though they are being serious when they are joking.

  有些人的幽默感是冷面滑稽式的，他们脸上一本正经，他们说的话听起来像是很严肃，其实他们是在开玩笑。

• Just now, it is a struggle to keep a straight face when you read the words 「talent」 and 「Wall Street」 in the same sentence.

  刚才，当你在同一个句子里读到「人才」和「华尔街」这些词的时候，会努力控制自己不要笑出声来。

• All of them kept a straight face when they heard the non funny joke.

  听到这个并不好笑的笑话，他们都板着脸。

• And with a straight face you」re gonna tell students that America is so star-spangled awesome that we're the only ones in the world who have freedom?

  你还能面不改色地跟学生说，美国是如此的了不起，如此的星光璀璨，美国是世界上唯一一个有自由的国家吗？

• This is why a straight face showing absolutely no emotions is worn by most of the people in Japan. It is also unheard of to show any signs of affection in public.

  这就是为什么大多数的日本人在公众场合都是板着一张一点也不表示出内心情绪、毫无表情的脸孔。

• He kept a straight face and remained speechless.

  他绷着脸不说话。

• Being humorous, not keeping a straight face while everyone else is laughing at a joke.

  富有幽默感，不会在开玩笑时板着脸。

• Yes: Sarah Palin really has claimed — with a straight face — that Barack Obama wants to kill her baby.

  可不是：莎拉？帕林果真面无表情地表示，奥巴马想杀死她的孩子。

• He likes telling jokes. But always keeps a straight face when others are shaking their sides with laughter.

  他喜欢讲笑话。但当其他人都捧腹大笑的时候他却能把脸板住。

• The government says with a straight face that the economy, which grew by5% last year, will not be affected. But that is hard to believe.

  政府一本正经地声称去年实现5%增长的经济将不会受到影响，但实际情况让人难以信服。

• 「Until recently, it was difficult for business to say with a straight face that the administration was serious about trade,」 says Mr Wenk.

  彭克表示：「直到最近，企业才可以放心大胆地说，本届政府对于贸易问题是严肃而认真的。」