a dour, self-sacrificing life; a forbidding scowl; a grim man loving duty more than humanity; undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw- J.M.Barrie.

• 严酷的自我牺牲式的生活；可怕的怒容；热爱责任超过人性的可怕、严酷的人。