1. The British character is often said to be phlegmatic. 英国人的性格常被说成是冷漠的。
2. The mathematician, Yurchenko, was a stubby, phlegmatic, shrewd person. 数学教师尤尔钦科是个矮胖的,冷漠而机灵的人。
3. And those old favorites, your friends and mine: sycophantic, phlegmatic, and, of course, top of the bill-pusillanimous. 而那些过去最受宠的人——你我共同的朋友们,其中有拍马屁的,冷漠的:当然,最招人注意的还有那些胆小怕事的。