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

• Loses meaning, going west, don't get facetious or you don't get the best.
  失去意义，向西走，别开玩笑或你不会得到最好的。
• Mattie, encircled by facetious youths, and Bright as a blackberry under her spreading hat, was brewing coffee over a gipsy fire.
  玛提的身边围着一圈嘻嘻哈哈的年轻人，她头上戴着一顶阔边的帽子，漂亮得像一颗乌莓，正在一堆野火上煮咖啡。
• As if the poor parson had said a rarely facetious thing.
  好像这个可怜的人刚刚说了什么可笑的事情。
• 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。
• He is so facetious that he turn everything into a joke.
  他好开玩笑，把一切都变成戏谑。
• I wasn't being facetious.
  我不是在开玩笑。
• 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。
• 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。”
• 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。
• He was used to speak to Carl in a confident and facetious tone.
  他习惯于用这种自信和幽默的口吻与卡尔调侃。