reserved serious in speech and manner keep one´s gravity not frivolous in talking and joking
She took them to visit her sedate, elderly cousins.
她带他们去拜访她那些不苟言笑的表兄表姐们。
—— 柯林斯例句He was unsmiling and silent.
他不苟言笑,沉默寡言。
—— 柯林斯例句Less agreeable was that he rarely smiled and often wore a worried frown.
不那么惹人喜欢的是,他不苟言笑,常常眉头紧锁。
—— 辞典例句Mr Bennet was so odd a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humour , reserve, and caprice.
班纳特先生是个古怪人,他一方面喜欢插科打诨, 爱挖苦人,同时又不苟言笑, 变幻莫测。
—— 辞典例句He is normally grave , but makes jokes and laughs with us today.
平时不苟言笑的他, 今天却跟我们有说有笑的。
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