英語中對笑容的表達十分豐富。從快樂的大笑到含蓄的微笑，從勉強擠出的笑容到演戲般的假笑，還有讓人笑不出來。你用對這些表達了嗎？

Crack a smile指的是微笑或露齒一笑：

例句：

They were a tough class to teach, I told my best jokes and no one even cracked a smile.
他們真是很難教的一個班級。我講了我最棒的笑話，居然沒有一個人笑。

Crack a smile還可以用來表示在感覺不想微笑的時候擠出一絲笑容：

例句：

She told me a joke at the party and it just wasn't funny, I tried to crack a smile but just couldn't.
她在聚會上給我講了一個笑話，但一點也不好笑，我試著擠出一絲笑容，但做不到。

Force a smile指的是在你不想微笑的情況下微笑：

例句：

Even though I didn't want to be there, I managed to force a smile for the cameras.
雖然我并不想在那兒，我還是為了鏡頭強迫自己露出笑容。

例句：

After hearing the results of his exam he walked around campus with a smile from ear to ear.
聽到他的考試成績后，他眉開眼笑地在校園里漫步。

Wipe the smile off/from someone's face指的是讓某人笑不出來，尤其是那些自以為很聰明而惹人厭的人：

例句：

I know the other team cheated, they were off side all day, I would love to wipe the smile from their faces but will have to wait until the next time we play them.
我知道另一隊作弊了，他們一整天都在越位犯規，我很想讓他們笑不出來，但得等到下次我們跟他們較量時了。

（來源：澳洲佳 編輯：劉明）