强颜为笑 meaning in English
force a smile
Examples
- It was necessary to laugh , when she would rather have cried
她真想哭，可是又不得不强颜为笑。 - When to these recollections was added the developement of wickham s character , it may be easily believed that the happy spirits which had seldom been depressed before , were now so much affected as to make it almost impossible for her to appear tolerably cheerful
每逢回想起这些事情，难免不连想到韦翰品格的变质，于是，以她那样一个向来心情愉快难得消沉沮丧的人，心里也受到莫大的刺激，连强颜为笑也几乎办不到了，这是可想而知的。