It also reintroduces much-needed levity to an act that can be overbearingly self-serious.

它也再次对这可能会是不可一世的惺惺作态之举(overbearingly self - serious)，引入急需的轻率。

youdao

I've been looking at what self-proclaimed experts were saying about unemployment during the Great Depression; it was almost identical to what Very Serious People are saying now.

我一直在翻看大萧条时期自称专家的人对失业问题的观点；这几乎和现在那些“非常严肃的人”所说的如出一辙。

youdao

The oldest tends to be self-assured, responsible, a high achiever, and relatively serious and reserved.

最年长的那一个往往自信、负责、成绩优异，也相对严肃和保守。

youdao

It's too fusty, too slow, too intimidating to newcomers and far too self-serious.

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They can self-correct by getting really serious about adopting best practices that assure sound governance.

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It was a classic example of a lack of self-control, which had serious consequences for them personally.

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