The old housekeeper, with a gracious severity of deportment, waves her hand towards the great staircase . 老管家带着一种庄重严肃的态度，朝那座大楼梯挥了一下手。
They had no fear of ideas nor, though they liked to be sprightly in manner, of serious talk . 他们虽然都喜欢生气勃勃的风度，但是既不怕谈理论，也不怕作严肃的讨论。
She look up at her lover's grave face; and then the message her father had sent flashed across her memory . 她看着情人的严肃的脸色，脑子里立刻记起了她父亲叫她带的口信。
There is another reason why broadcasting networks and advertising agencies resist serious or nonescapist programs . 广播网和广告公司抵制严肃的或现实的节目还有另外的原因。
The president studied his two able students and asked, "have you prayed on this grave problem? " 校长朝两个都颇有出息的学生瞧了一会儿，问道：“在这个严肃的问题上你们祷告了没有？”
More recent writers than irving have been unable to accept the idea that a serious style could grow out of a burlesque intention . 甚至晚于欧文的作家也不认为诙谐文章能够产生严肃的风格。
And the stern paternal penitent seemed to feel in the innocence of his children a return into early life . 那个严肃的，已经悔改了的父亲，见了他的孩子的天真烂漫，仿佛觉得自己又回到了早年的生活中。
Serious programs remind the audience that complex human problems are not solved by switching to a new deodorant . 严肃的节目提醒观众，复杂的人生问题不会象按动一下新的除臭装置那样，便可轻易解决的。
His small, serious face was tightly set, reflecting worry, making it clear the question had been weighing on him for some time . 他那张严肃的小脸一本正经，露出担心的神态。显然，这问题他已想了很久了。
