坦然自若 meaning in English
calm and confident; completely at ease; in a state of peaceful repose
Examples
- The hardened professional smuggler , on the other hand , is never troubled by such feelings , even if he has five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase
相反，一位老道的职业走私犯，即使在皮箱内藏了500只金表，他仍能坦然自若。 - If even this stranger had smiled and been good - humoured to me when i addressed him ; if he had put off my offer of assistance gaily and with thanks , i should have gone on my way and not felt any vocation to renew inquiries : but the frown , the roughness of the traveller , set me at my ease : i retained my station when he waved to me to go , and announced -
如果这位陌生人在我同他说话时微笑一下，并且对我和和气气如果他愉快地谢绝我的帮助，并表示感谢，我准会继续赶路，不会感到有任何职责去重新向他发问。但是这位赶路人的皱眉和粗犷，却使我坦然自若，因此当他挥手叫我走的时候，我仍然坚守阵地，并且宣布： - After these thoughts had for some time entertain d me , i came to reflect seriously upon the real danger i had been in , for so many years , in this very island ; and how i had walk d about in the greatest security , and with all possible tranquillity ; even when perhaps nothing but a brow of a hill , a great tree , or the casual approach of night , had been between me and the worst kind of destruction , viz
我这样想了一段时间后，就开始认真地考虑到这么多年来我在这荒岛上一直所面临的危险。这种危险是实实在在的，可是，我过去却经常坦然自若地在岛上走来走去。实际上，可能只是一座小山，一棵大树，或是夜正好降临，才使我免遭杀害，而且，将会是以一种最残忍的方式的杀害：那就是落入吃人生番手里。