be stoic about sth
常用于描述对困境或坏消息不流露情绪的态度。
She was stoic about the loss of her job.
她对失去工作这件事泰然处之。
斯多葛学派的；斯多葛哲学的；斯多葛派的；禁欲主义的；不以苦乐为意的
Not affected by pain or distress; not showing that one is affected.
Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.
Not affected by pain or distress.
Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.
Even after losing the match, she remained stoic and congratulated her opponent.
即使在输了比赛之后，她依然坚忍，并祝贺了对手。
用法提示：stoic 在此作表语形容词，表示不动声色、坚忍。
He gave a stoic smile as the doctor told him the test results.
医生告诉他检查结果时，他露出了坚忍的微笑。
用法提示：stoic 作定语形容词，修饰 smile，强调克制情感。
The firefighters remained stoic while working in the burning building.
消防员在燃烧的大楼里工作时始终坚忍镇定。
用法提示：stoic 作表语形容词，表示面对危险时不动声色。
常用于描述对困境或坏消息不流露情绪的态度。
She was stoic about the loss of her job.
她对失去工作这件事泰然处之。
remain 后接 stoic 作主语补足语，强调状态持续。
He remained stoic throughout the trial.
在整个审判过程中他始终坚忍不动声色。
作定语直接修饰名词，常见于 endurance、silence、acceptance 等抽象名词前。
They showed stoic endurance during the long march.
在长途行军中他们表现出坚忍的耐力。
in the face of 引出困境或压力来源，强调面对逆境时的镇定。
She stayed stoic in the face of criticism.
面对批评她依然不动声色。
grammar · medium
易错句子She remained stoic to the criticism.
正确表达She remained stoic about the criticism.
英语中表示“对某事不动声色”时，stoic 常接 about，或用 in the face of 结构，不接 to；汉语“对……坚忍”的“对”不能直译成 to。改成 about 后，介词宾语 criticism 才与形容词 stoic 的搭配成立。
grammar · medium
易错句子He showed great stoic when his father died.
正确表达He showed great stoicism when his father died.
stoic 是形容词，不能像抽象名词一样直接放在 great 后作宾语；表示“坚忍”这一品质要用名词 stoicism。改后 great 修饰名词 stoicism，句子结构才完整。
grammar · medium
易错句子He waited stoic for the test results.
正确表达He waited stoically for the test results.
修饰动词 waited 要用副词，不能用形容词 stoic；stoically 才是副词形式。改后副词修饰 waited，说明等待的方式。
stolid 强调天生反应迟钝、缺乏表情，常带轻微贬义；stoic 强调面对痛苦或压力时刻意克制、坚忍，多为褒义。
impassive 只指脸上不露情绪，不涉及是否在忍受痛苦；stoic 还含有承受痛苦而不屈的意味，常作褒义。
phlegmatic 指气质上天生冷静、不易激动，是中性描述；stoic 强调在痛苦或困境中有意识地忍耐，带赞扬色彩。
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