The taxi driver, a phlegmatic man in middle age, showed no surprise at this request.
出租车司机是个冷静的中年人,对这一要求毫不惊讶。
—phlegmatically /-kli/adverbadv
Examples from the Corpus
phlegmatic• He was rational, relaxed, phlegmatic.• Though normally phlegmatic, Jan was beginning to get alarmed.• His driver, a phlegmatic man in middle age, evinced no surprise.• Eager to work and leave their mark, the Volunteers seethed at the phlegmaticnature of the program.• Robbie was surprised and relieved to find Fen his usualphlegmaticself next morning.• His letters confirm a highly inquisitive mind regarding natural and scientificphenomena and suggest a phlegmatictemperament and a dry humour.• Cézanne was phlegmatic, timid, at times virtually dumb.• Midwesterners, naturally phlegmatic, would be stirred only if they considered that something was really wrong.