stoic
/ˈstəʊ.ɪk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈstoʊ.ɪk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈstō-ik/ (ame, mw) · /ˈstəʊɪk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈstəʊɪk/ (ame, ipa)
stoic — 形容詞
- stoicpositive
- more stoiccomparative
- most stoicsuperlative
1. staying calm and quiet about pain, sadness, or trouble instead of letting other
隱忍的
面對痛苦或難關時不抱怨、不流露情緒的
staying calm and quiet about pain, sadness, or trouble instead of letting other people see how much it hurts you
Jude stayed stoic at his grandmother's funeral, even though his hands were shaking.
Jude 在祖母的葬禮上表現得很堅忍，儘管他的雙手一直在發抖。
stoic describing calm behaviour during a sad event
The nurse admired how stoic the old soldier was about the pain in his knee.
護理師很佩服那位老兵對膝蓋疼痛是多麼地隱忍。
stoic + about [the thing being endured]
Layla gave a stoic shrug when the coach cut her from the team.
教練把 Layla 從隊上刷掉時，她只是強忍著情緒聳了聳肩。
After losing the farm, the whole family kept a stoic silence at dinner.
失去農場之後，全家人在晚餐桌上都隱忍著、一片沉默。
Eli was stoic about the bad news, but later cried alone in the car.
Eli 對那個壞消息表現得很堅忍，但後來獨自在車裡哭了。
- impassive
shows no emotion at all, even on the face; colder than stoic
- uncomplaining
plainer word; focuses only on not complaining
- composed
calm and in control, but without the sense of enduring hardship
- emotional
openly shows strong feelings
- melodramatic
shows far more feeling than the situation calls for
用法筆記
Often followed by 'about' + the hardship being endured (stoic about the pain, stoic about the loss). The calmness is a deliberate refusal to show feeling, not a real lack of feeling.
常見錯誤
stoic — 名詞
- stoicsingular
- stoicsplural
1. a person who stays calm and accepts pain or difficulty without complaining or le
堅忍的人
默默承受痛苦、不抱怨也不表露情緒的人
a person who stays calm and accepts pain or difficulty without complaining or letting their feelings show
Joaquín was such a stoic that nobody knew he had been ill for months.
Joaquín 是個非常能隱忍的人，沒人知道他已經病了好幾個月。
such a stoic that + result clause
Imani is a real stoic, working through the back pain without a single word.
Imani 真的很能忍，默默地撐過背痛，一句話也沒說。
a real stoic for emphasis
The captain was a stoic, steering the boat calmly through the worst of the storm.
那位船長很能沉得住氣，在暴風雨最猛烈時仍冷靜地掌著舵。
Only a stoic could have sat through that long, painful treatment so quietly.
只有一個能隱忍的人，才坐得住那場漫長又痛苦的治療而靜靜不出聲。
- complainer
someone who talks often about their problems and pain
用法筆記
Used as a count noun, usually with 'a' or 'such a'. Describes someone by their habit of bearing hardship quietly, not by a single calm moment.