题目

英语翻译
The English Character
To other Europeans,the best known quality of the British,
and in particular of the English,is “reserved”.
A reserved person is one who does not talk very much to strangers,
does not show much emotion,and seldom gets excited.
It is difficult to get to know a reserved person:
he never tells you anything about himself,
and you may work with him for years without ever knowing where he lives,
how many children he has,and what his interests are.
English people tend to be like that.
Closely related to English reserve is English modesty.
Within their hearts,the English are perhaps no less conceited than anybody else,
but in their relations with others they value at least a show of modesty.
Self－praise is felt to be impolite.
If a person is,let us say,
very good at tennis and someone asks him if he is a good player,
he will seldom reply “Yes,”
because people will think him conceited.
He will p

提问时间：2020-10-30

答案

英国人的特点相较于其他欧洲人,英国人特别是英格兰人最大的特点就是“矜持”矜持指的是对陌生人话不多,感情不外露,绝不表现激动.很难了解一个矜持的人：他从不谈论自己,也许你和他共事了几年却从不知道他住哪有多少...