| 釋義 |
忍氣吞聲rěn qì tūn shēngaccept the taunts meekly; eat dirt (/crow/one’s leek/one’s humble pie); endure uncomplainingly (/in silence/without protest); repress (/restrain/contain/choke back)one’s anger (and keep silent); restrain (/stiffle)one’s indignation; swallow an insult (/the bitter cup); submit to humiliation; take insults lying down;pocket one’s pride and endure in silence
? 那趙姨娘只得～，也上去幫他們替寶玉收拾。(《紅樓夢(mèng)》290) Now that Jia Huan had made such trouble,she had no alternative but to accept these taunts meekly and show concern for Baoyu.
? 大太太見(jiàn)林宛芝那樣～，一個(gè)勁向自己賠小心，她準(zhǔn)備好的憤怒的拳頭打不下去； …… (周而復(fù)《上海的早晨》Ⅰ—470) When the first wife saw how carefully subdued Lin Wanzhi had become and how carefully she was avoiding offending her,she realized that it was going to be difficult to let loose her indignation upon her. …/和這群吃人不吐骨頭的家伙打交道，只有～，逆來(lái)順受。(馮志《敵后武工隊(duì)》448)When meeting this band of vicious cutthroats,one could only choke back all anger.
? 他只得～，扳住狹窄的田塍的路面，用勁往上爬，好不容易，爬上了田塍，……(周立波《山鄉(xiāng)巨變》247) So,containing his anger,and firmly gripping the surface of the narrow path above,he exerted all his strength,and managed with great difficulty to climb up.
? 盧俊義～，只得走動(dòng)行出東門(mén)。(《水滸全傳》783) So Lu Junyi could but keep down his anger whatever they said and he could but set forth upon the journey.
? 一字不識(shí)的黑旋風(fēng)李逵敢在江州劫法場(chǎng)，可我呢？只能站在大家后頭～，袖手旁觀。(田漢《關(guān)漢卿》15) “Black Whirlwind”Li Kui who was an illiterate had the courage to raid the execution ground at Jiangzhou. And I? All I can do is to stand behind the crowd with folded arms and look on restraining my indignation.
? 酒?！?，拿了酒去柜邊道：“娘子，胡亂再換些好的與他，休和他一般見(jiàn)識(shí)。(《水滸全傳》356) The waiter smothered his rising anger,and went to the counter and said to the girl，“Please change this wine again and don’t be captious with him.”/對(duì)強(qiáng)者它是弱者，但對(duì)弱者它卻還是強(qiáng)者，所以有時(shí)雖然吞聲忍氣，有時(shí)自可以耀武揚(yáng)威。(《魯迅選集》Ⅲ—150)Weak in the face of the strong,it seems strong enough to those weaker than itself; so although sometimes it has to suffer in silence,at others it still shows its might.
? 那些人見(jiàn)了如此，縱要復(fù)辦，亦不敢辦，只得～罷了。(《紅樓夢(mèng)》549)When the dead woman’s family knew this,they dared make no further move but simply had to swallow their resentment.
? 唉！ 為了幾口人吃飯，我在這里～的干，要是沒(méi)有家我早也遠(yuǎn)走高飛了。(知俠《鐵道游擊隊(duì)》445) I have to swallow this bitter cup. Had it not been for my family,I’d have gone away long ago. 忍氣吞聲swallowing an insult;submitting to humiliation 忍氣吞聲swallow rude remarks;submit to humiliation;eat dirt 忍氣吞聲rěn qì tūn shēnɡ忍氣：指受了氣勉強(qiáng)忍耐??；吞聲：不敢出聲。swallow an insult, take sth. lying down, be held down, pocket an insult, eat humble pie, eat one’s leek, eat dirt, eat crow |