What a Westerner considers an honest look in the eye, the Oriental takes as a lack of respect and a personal affront.

西方人认为是真诚的眼神，而东方人则认为是缺乏尊重和对个人的侮辱。

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Make sure you sit up and look the interviewer in the eye.

一定要坐直，直视面试官的眼睛。

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I could never look them in the eye and tell them how sorry I was.

我无法直视他们的眼睛告诉他们我有多抱歉。

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Take him off the pedestal and look him in the eye as a human being.

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soon she may have to send her guests to live in an empty field nearby, because she cannot bear to look them in the eye when they go hungry.

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Will Roger Goodell stand up in front of his membership and look them in the eye with confidence about a lockout?

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"People on the street won't look you in the eye, because they are afraid you're an ax murderer, " Pierre Omidyar says.

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If he came earlier, Kajibashi-san says, the dealers wouldn't even look him in the eye.

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