• n. 表現，表示，表達；表情，臉色，態度，腔調，聲調；式，符號；詞句，語句，措辭，說法

來自express,表達，印象，-ion,名詞后綴。

expression (n.)

early 15c., "action of pressing out;" later "action of manifesting a feeling" (mid-15c.); "a putting into words" (late 15c.); from Middle French expression (14c.), from Late Latin expressionem (nominative expressio) "expression, vividness," in classical Latin "a pressing out, a projection," noun of action from past participle stem of exprimere "represent, describe," literally "press out" (see express (v.)). Meaning "an action or creation that expresses feelings" is from 1620s. Of the face, from 1774. Occasionally the word also was used literally, for "the action of squeezing out." Related: Expressional.

1. It's enough to make you wet yourself, if you'll pardon the expression.

這足以嚇得你尿褲子了，請原諒我這么說。

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2. He screwed his face into an expression of mock pain.

他面部扭曲，假裝疼痛。

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3. Under the shaded light her expression was difficult to read.

她的表情隱在陰影中，很難讀懂。

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4. There was no grief in his expression, only deep resignation.

他的表情里沒有悲痛，只有深深的無奈。

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5. Mr. Sebastian was looking at the boys with a bemused expression.

塞巴斯蒂安先生一臉茫然地看著男孩兒們。

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