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

• 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。”
• I wasn't being facetious.
  我不是在开玩笑。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We grew tired of his frequent facetious remarks.
  他说话老没正经，我们渐渐感到厌烦。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• Facetious remarks are part of his stock-in-trade.
  讲俏皮话是他的拿手好戏。