tongue-in-cheek
英 [ˌtʌŋ ɪn ˈtʃiːk]
美 [ˌtʌŋ ɪn ˈtʃiːk]
adj. 言不由衷的; 随便说说的; 开玩笑的
adv. 无诚意地
牛津词典
adj.
- 言不由衷的;随便说说的;开玩笑的
not intended seriously; done or said as a joke- a tongue-in-cheek remark
一句戏言
- a tongue-in-cheek remark
柯林斯词典
- → see:tongue
英英释义
adj
- cleverly amusing in tone
- a bantering tone
- facetious remarks
- tongue-in-cheek advice
adv
- not seriously
- I meant it facetiously
- in a bantering fashion
- he spoke to her banteringly
双语例句
- Don't take her so seriously, that was just a tongue-in-cheek remark.
不要对此太认真,她只是半开玩笑地说这话的。 - While the slowdown has alarmed many Chinese media outlets and netizens, Slumping Economy takes a tongue-in-cheek approach.
虽然经济降温给许多中国媒体和网民敲响了警钟,但“不景气”却采取了一种半开玩笑的态度。 - He offered some tongue-in-cheek advice about keeping out of the rain.
他就避免淋雨出了些似真非真的主意。 - This is all slightly tongue-in-cheek, I'd like to make that clear
这一切都有些缺少诚意,我想清楚地指出这点。 - The last comment may have been tongue-in-cheek, but the takeaway thought, he said, was that GM knew its weaknesses as well as anyone else.
他说,虽然最后一句话有些开玩笑的意思,但是言下之意是,通用公司与外界一样深知自己的弱点。 - The "tongue-in-cheek" post stresses its zombie survival advice, including stocking up on water, food and medications, will also work for real disasters.
这些半开玩笑的僵尸生存指南教导人们要存储水、食物和药品等,这些建议在真正灾害来临时,同样具有重要意义。 - Over the years the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a couple of tongue-in-cheek zombie warnings, which really are just disaster-preparedness stunts.
在过去的几年里,美国疾病控制和防御中心也曾发布过数十条半开玩笑地僵尸预警,不过这只是预防疾病的噱头而已。 - Lincoln himself was highly skillful in the use of tongue-in-cheek humor.
林肯本人运用“戏谑式”幽默也得心应手。 - This was said somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but there is a serious point to the question.
当然这种说法有些开玩笑的意味,但是确实存在这样的问题。 - It seems tongue-in-cheek to me because at that point in history, people knew that this way of looking at the world was no longer relevant.
这在我看来有些半开玩笑的性质,因为在那个历史时期,人们已经知道这样看待世界不再有意义。