The idea was those people with more self-control would be less apt to react to the happy faces.

这个想法是那些有更多自制的人不太容易对快乐的孔做出反应。

What we'd be communicating: That we're pretty sensible, in many ways, with a keen eye for restraint and a decent amount of self-control.

我们在很多很明智，有敏锐的自制和足够的自控。

We’d be hinting that we were a sound blend of the mischievous and the prudent; that we had enough self-mastery and obedience to have earned the right for occasional moments of unorthodox indulgence.

我们会暗示我们是和谨慎的完美结合；我们有足够的自制和服从性来赢得偶尔非正统放纵的权利。

The king himself was crying. It was only a long time afterwards that Julien had sufficient self-possession to enquire " where were the bones of the Saint that had been sent from Rome to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy" ?

国王自己也在哭。直到很久以后，于连才有足够的自制来询问“从罗马送到勃艮第公爵好人腓的圣人的遗骨在哪里”？