中國(guó)現(xiàn)任乒壇女皇張怡寧被稱為“冷面殺手”,因?yàn)樗荣惖臅r(shí)候臉上都是喜怒不形于色、面無表情,讓對(duì)手猜不出來想法。這個(gè)“面無表情”就可以用poker face 來表示。
Poker 就是撲克牌,現(xiàn)在是全世界都風(fēng)行的消遣游戲了吧。對(duì)于玩牌的人來說,臉上毫無表情、不露聲色是很重要的,因?yàn)槊總€(gè)人都想猜測(cè)誰手里的牌好,誰手里的牌差。可是,要是你擺出一付poker face的話,誰也猜不出究竟你手里的牌怎么樣。
我們來舉一個(gè)例子,看看poker face在日常生活中的用法。例如,你的同事對(duì)你說:
I never know whether my boss likes my work or not -- he is a real poker face!
我從來也不知道我的老板到底喜不喜歡我的工作。他臉上可真是一點(diǎn)表情都沒有。
還有的人去看醫(yī)生的時(shí)候心里非常緊張,可是臉上卻裝得若無其事。下面這個(gè)人說的也是同樣的情況:
I tried to keep a poker face even though I was scared to death when I went back to my doctor to hear the results of my lab tests. But I admit I gave him the biggest smile of my life when he told me the tests were negative and there was nothing wrong with me.
當(dāng)我去醫(yī)生那里去看試驗(yàn)結(jié)果的時(shí)候,我害怕得要死??墒俏冶M量裝得若無其事。不過,當(dāng)大夫告訴我化驗(yàn)結(jié)果是陰性、我沒有問題的時(shí)候,我對(duì)他笑了,我大概一輩子也沒有笑得那么高興的。
Poker 就是撲克牌,現(xiàn)在是全世界都風(fēng)行的消遣游戲了吧。對(duì)于玩牌的人來說,臉上毫無表情、不露聲色是很重要的,因?yàn)槊總€(gè)人都想猜測(cè)誰手里的牌好,誰手里的牌差。可是,要是你擺出一付poker face的話,誰也猜不出究竟你手里的牌怎么樣。
我們來舉一個(gè)例子,看看poker face在日常生活中的用法。例如,你的同事對(duì)你說:
I never know whether my boss likes my work or not -- he is a real poker face!
我從來也不知道我的老板到底喜不喜歡我的工作。他臉上可真是一點(diǎn)表情都沒有。
還有的人去看醫(yī)生的時(shí)候心里非常緊張,可是臉上卻裝得若無其事。下面這個(gè)人說的也是同樣的情況:
I tried to keep a poker face even though I was scared to death when I went back to my doctor to hear the results of my lab tests. But I admit I gave him the biggest smile of my life when he told me the tests were negative and there was nothing wrong with me.
當(dāng)我去醫(yī)生那里去看試驗(yàn)結(jié)果的時(shí)候,我害怕得要死??墒俏冶M量裝得若無其事。不過,當(dāng)大夫告訴我化驗(yàn)結(jié)果是陰性、我沒有問題的時(shí)候,我對(duì)他笑了,我大概一輩子也沒有笑得那么高興的。