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

• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• I wasn't being facetious.
  我不是在开玩笑。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She kept interrupting our discussion with facetious remarks.
  她不断用开玩笑的话干扰我们的讨论。