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

• 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。
• He is so facetious that he turn everything into a joke.
  他好开玩笑，把一切都变成戏谑。
• "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。
• 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。
• I wasn't being facetious.
  我不是在开玩笑。
• Facetious remarks are part of his stock-in-trade.
  讲俏皮话是他的拿手好戏。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。