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

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