in jest

in jest 基本解释

开玩笑地

in jest 用法和例句

1、speak half in jest, half in earnest.

半真半假地讲

2、It was said half in jest.

这是半开玩笑地说的。

3、Many a true words are spoken in jest.

嬉笑多真言。

4、Are you in jest or in earnest?

你在说笑话还是当真的?

5、The remark was made half in jest.

这话是半开玩笑说得。

6、His reply was taken half seriously half in jest.

他的答复看来是半开玩笑, 半认真的。

7、No one could tell whether he was in earnest or in jest.

谁都不知道他是认真的还是在开玩笑。

8、You cannot be always sure whether he is in jest or earnest.

你总是闹不清他究竟是开玩笑呢还是认真。

9、The squirrel that you kill in jest， dies in earnest. Henry David Thoreau.

你玩笑中扼杀的松鼠，认真地死去了。

10、He could not divine what her look signified. whether she spoke in earnest or in jest.

他看不透她脸上的表情，究竟她说的是认真的还是戏谑的。

重点词汇

jest n. 笑柄, 笑话 vi. 讲笑话, 嘲笑, 开玩笑 vt. 嘲笑