with a straight face

基本解释

“Our engineers know how to work without electricity,” says a national phone company's boss, with a straight face.
“我们的工程师知道如何在无电的情况下工作，”一家全国电话公司老板板着脸说道。
In principle, this is a good idea, but the drawback is that it’s very difficult to describe someone as an "informatician" with a straight face.
从原则来讲，这是一个好办法，但是缺点在于很难以一种直观的方式将某人描述为一个信息专家。
With a straight face, Iran’s representative endorsed the ringing declarations about strengthening nuclear safeguards, while also helping block moves that would have made tougher rules mandatory.
伊朗的代表绷着一张脸，支持关于加强核安全保障的强有力宣言，同时也有助于阻止强制制定更加严格的条款的举动。

That permits people to cite it as a model with a straight face eight decades after it was enacted?
让人们引以为典范,以严肃的态度认为,即使这个新政已是八十年前的事情了？
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Quite how anyone could suggest this with a straight face I am not sure.
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