facetious

英 [fəˈsiːʃəs]

美 [fəˈsiːʃəs]

adj.  乱引人发笑的; 不问场合耍聪明的

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BNC.23932 / COCA.27377

牛津词典

adj.

• 乱引人发笑的；不问场合耍聪明的
  trying to appear amusing and intelligent at a time when other people do not think it is appropriate, and when it would be better to be serious
  1. a facetious comment/remark
     不当的滑稽评论；不问场合耍聪明的议论
  2. Stop being facetious; this is serious.
     别乱开玩笑，这是个严肃的事。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (不分场合)乱开玩笑的，贫嘴的
  If you say that someone is beingfacetious, you are criticizing them because they are making humorous remarks or saying things that they do not mean in a situation where they ought to be serious.
  1. The woman eyed him coldly. 'Don't be facetious,' she said.
     妇人冷冷地看着他，说道：“别没正经了。”

英英释义

adj

• cleverly amusing in tone
  1. a bantering tone
  2. facetious remarks
  3. tongue-in-cheek advice
  Synonym:banteringtongue-in-cheek

双语例句

• A periodic sentence a comparison comprising a well-known quotation followed by a facetious sequel.
  一句名言和其后一句玩笑话的比较。
• The local papers had taken it up, and daily there appeared columns of learned criticisms, facetious editorials, and serious letters from subscribers.
  地方报纸讨论了起来；每天都要发表一些渊博的专栏评述，吹毛求疵的社论，和订阅者们一本正经的来信。
• Some people, like my boss, are not good at telling jokes; it's sometimes hard to tell whether he is serious or being facetious.
  有些人，比如我的老板，他不擅长讲笑话，有时很难分辨他是严肃的或正在开玩笑。
• Facetious though this example may sound, it points to the important and often overlooked fact that whether a particular policy is desirable or not depends on its ultimate objectives.
  这例子或许戏谑，却也点出一项重要而往往遭忽视的事实：某项政策是否合宜，取决于其最终的目标。
• Old Liu, he was always living in a single room after he divorced, and the facetious humoristic nature of him made a good relationship with his neighbors.
  老刘离婚后就一直一个人居住在一个单间中，天性幽默诙谐使他和周围的邻居处的很好。
• Combining clever conception and facetious expression.
  聪明的构思和幽默的表达两方面的融合。
• One possible, and only somewhat facetious, answer is that Ive read too much Dickens.
  一种可能的而且是唯一听起来比较可笑的回答就是我读了太多狄更斯的小说。
• Sorry, sorry. I don't mean to sound facetious, but why's he doing it?
  不好意思，我不想开玩笑，只是想知道他为什么去整鼻子？
• Keep it, in any case, familiar, facetious even, rather than pedantic and portentous.
  无论如何，要使它显得很随便，甚至滑稽可笑，而不要显得很迂腐，夜郎自大。
• In the third chapter, the author then explained how has Bloch waken the spirit of utopia. Punning, facetious, irreverent, the funny man filled the newspapers and lighter periodicals with his material.
  第三章进一步指出布洛赫是如何唤醒人的乌托邦的精神的。那位诙谐作家满嘴双关语，逗乐话，以不敬的态度把他的作品填满报章和比较显赫的杂志。