一本正经 meaning in English
be poker-faced; become serious; humourless; in all seriousness; in dead [sad] earnest; look prim and proper; maintain an air of complete respectability; put on an air of a serious manner; solemn; take...seriously
Examples
- Amy looked so grave and important .
阿蜜看来相当一本正经，煞有其事。 - I never heard anything so stiff !
我还从来没有听过这么一本正经的话哩。 - The old lady said with a dignified air .
那个老太太一本正经地说。 - One of them would enter sternly .
其中之一会一本正经地走进来。 - He had been amused at her seriousness .
看到她一本正经的样子，他觉得好笑。