People have been surprised to see evidence that Victorians had fun and could, and did, laugh.
人们看到维多利亚时代的人们也有乐趣，并且能够、也确实会笑，感到很惊讶。
They are noting that the Victorians suddenly seem to become more human as the hundred-or-so years that separate us fade away through our common experience of laughter.
他们指出，随着将我们与维多利亚时代相隔的百余年逐渐消逝，通过共同的笑声体验，维多利亚时代的人们突然显得更加人性化。
Spontaneous smiles were relatively easy to capture by the 1890s, so we must look elsewhere for an explanation of why Victorians still hesitated to smile.
到了1890年代，捕捉自发的笑容已经相对容易，因此我们必须从其他方面寻找解释，说明维多利亚时代的人为何仍然犹豫于露出笑容。
changed people's impression of the Victorians.
改变了人们对维多利亚人的印象。
Why did most Victorians look stern in photographs?
为什么大多数维多利亚时代的人在照片中显得严厉？
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。