| EXAMPLE SENTENCES | ||
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这个男人像本字典一样一本正经。 This man was as humourless as a dictionary. | ||
平时看他一本正经的，其实是个假道学。 Normally he behaves appropriately but, as a matter of fact, he is a hypocrite. | ||
“你不该讲那样的话。”她一本正经地说。 'You're not supposed to say that,' she said primly. | ||
他们太一本正经，太学究气，想象力也不够丰富。 They are too serious, too academic and not imaginative enough. | ||
穿上一套细条纹西装后，他马上就显得一本正经。 In a pinstriped suit he instantly looked like a stuffed shirt. | ||
这个白天一本正经的国家夜晚通常是酒色糜烂的。 A country which tends towards primness by day is often alcohol-fueled and lustful by night. | ||
只有两种格式的肖像画：一本正经的，和皮笑肉不笑的。 There are only two styles of portrait painting: the serious and the smirk. | ||
他把帽子挂在钉子上，一本正经地迅速坐到座位上。 He hung his hat on a peg and flung himself into his seat with business-like alacrity. | ||
“这是独一无二的事。”水鼠俯身划起桨来，一本正经地说。 "It's the only thing," said the Water Rat solemnly, as he leant forward for his stroke. | ||
汤姆似乎是鼓足了精神，去一本正经地着手背《圣经》段落了。 Tom girded up his loins, so to speak, and went to work to get his verses. | ||
