facetious

adj.

1. 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。

1. ADJ-GRADED (不分场合)乱开玩笑的，贫嘴的
   If you say that someone is being facetious, 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。”

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。”
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. I know that sounds a little facetious but stress is of the mind.
   我知道这听起来很滑稽但是压力的确是由心而生。
6. I wasn't being facetious.
   我不是在开玩笑。
7. 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。
8. She kept interrupting our discussion with facetious remarks.
   她不断用开玩笑的话干扰我们的讨论。
9. 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。
10. This has all been a bit facetious, but I hope that you've found a new way to look simplicity.
    听起来有点可笑，但是我希望你已经找到了一种看似简单的生活方式。
11. "Of course, wait a moment." claud smiled," the champion would not mind coaching the beginner. "he was used to speak to Carl in a confident and facetious tone.
    “当然，我马上就来。”小伙子给了同伴一个微笑，“冠军是不会介意指导初学者的。”他习惯于用这种自信和幽默的口吻与卡尔调侃。
12. We grew tired of his frequent facetious remarks.
    他说话老没正经，我们渐渐感到厌烦。
13. He is so facetious that he turn everything into a joke.
    他好开玩笑，把一切都变成戏谑。
14. Facetious remarks are part of his stock-in-trade.
    讲俏皮话是他的拿手好戏。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. Some people are inherent and serious, have a few people additionally inherent facetious.
    有些人天生严肃，另有一些人天生爱开玩笑。
18. Combining clever conception and facetious expression.
    聪明的构思和幽默的表达两方面的融合。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. 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？
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. ( facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage.
    （谑）喝酒用酒招待。
25. I became angry with the little boy at his facetious remarks.
    对于这个小男孩滑稽可笑的评论，我开始生气。
26. One who engages in banter or good-natured teasing. He is so facetious that he turns everything into a joke.
    取笑者，逗弄者开玩笑或善意戏谑的人他好开玩笑，把一切都变成戏谑。
27. 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。
28. With this irrepressible ebullition of mirth, Master Bates laid himself flat on the floor: and kicked convulsively for five minutes, in an ectasy of facetious joy.
    这股子高兴劲儿来势迅猛，贝兹少爷一下子倒在地上，乐不可支地又蹬又踢，折腾了五分钟。

adj

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

   Synonym:    banteringtongue-in-cheek