用中文说: "Keep a Stiff Upper Lip"

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Keep a Stiff Upper Lip

【中文】面对困境甚至悲剧都隐忍、不表达出自己的情感。

     Miàn duì kùnjìng shènzhì bēijù dōu yǐnrěn, bù biǎodá chū zìjǐ de qínggǎn.

【解释】To remain resolute and unemotional in the face of adversity, or even tragedy.

【例句】

- Upon hearing her best friend's car accident, the news anchor woman tried her best to keep a stiff upper lip and finished her broadcasting before rushing to the hospital.

 听闻好友遭遇车祸,这位播音员冷静播报完当天的新闻后冲向医院。

 Tīngwén hǎoyǒu zāoyù chēhuò, zhè wèi bòyīnyuán lěngjìng bōbào wán dàngtiān de xīnwén hòu chōng xiàng yīyuàn.

- A new survey shows that British men are abandoning their stiff upper lips yet still do not wear their hearts on their sleeves like Americans.

 一项新的调查显示,英国男性正在抛弃他们隐忍的性格特点,但仍然未能像美国人那样直白地表达感情。

 Yī xiàng xīn de diàochá xiǎnshì, Yīngguó nánxìng zhèngzài pāoqì tāmen yǐnrěn de xìnggé tèdiǎn, dàn réngrán wèi néng xiàng Měiguó rén nàyàng zhíbái de biǎodá gǎnqíng.