with a straight face

基本解釋

“Our engineers know how to work without electricity,” says a national phone company's boss, with a straight face.
“我們的工程師知道如何在無(wú)電的情況下工作，”一家全國(guó)電話公司老板板著臉說(shuō)道。
In principle, this is a good idea, but the drawback is that it’s very difficult to describe someone as an "informatician" with a straight face.
從原則來(lái)講，這是一個(gè)好辦法，但是缺點(diǎn)在於很難以一種直觀的方式將某人描述爲(wèi)一個(gè)信息專家。
With a straight face, Iran’s representative endorsed the ringing declarations about strengthening nuclear safeguards, while also helping block moves that would have made tougher rules mandatory.
伊朗的代表繃著一張臉，支持關(guān)於加強(qiáng)核安全保障的強(qiáng)有力宣言，同時(shí)也有助於阻止強(qiáng)制制定更加嚴(yán)格的條款的擧動(dòng)。

That permits people to cite it as a model with a straight face eight decades after it was enacted?
讓人們引以爲(wèi)典範(fàn),以嚴(yán)肅的態(tài)度認(rèn)爲(wèi),即使這個(gè)新政已是八十年前的事情了？
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