他的父亲约翰形容儿子“谦虚,害羞,不矫揉造作”,而且不抽烟不喝酒,其主要的朋友来自他的教会小组。
His father, John, described him as a "humble, shy, unassuming" man who did not smoke or drink and whose main friends were from his church group.
他的嗓音美得纯粹,没有丝毫的矫揉造作和音乐技巧,能让他的听众乖乖就范,而他则会赚取通过艰苦谈判换来的酬金,使他在歌剧界一直是出价最高的歌唱家。
The sheer beauty of his sound, withoutacting and without musicianship, could bring the audience to its feet, and hewould earn the hard-negotiated money that made him the highest-paid singer inopera.
他抵制学校的传统惯例,因为它们矫揉造作、缺乏深度和温情。
He rejects the traditions of school because they are artificial, lacking depth and warmth.
一想起他那种矫揉造作的态度就令人讨厌。
他描述这件事很详细,并没有矫揉造作。
He described the matter in detail, but there is no striving after effects.
以美国评论家为首,一些人认为他的音乐效果是刻意为之,矫揉造作的,但是他们实质上理解错了。
Some critics, mostly Americans, found the results calculated and mannered, but they missed the point.
“可惜,比尔已经没有再从事外科专业了,”他毫无矫揉造作地说。
"But Bill wasn't practising surgery any more, " he said casually, without elaboration.
他讨厌一切形式的矫揉造作,他最欣赏的是这句话∶“给就是!”
He hated all kinds of "acting on the air" what he most appreciated word is "just give!"
他讨厌一切形式的矫揉造作,他最欣赏的是这句话∶“给就是!”
He hated all kinds of "acting on the air" what he most appreciated word is "just give!"
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