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When he tried to make a little joke, the judge warned him not to give frivolous replies to the lawyer's questions.

当他试著开一点玩笑时，法官警告他不要对律师的问题给予玩世不恭的答覆。

In her estimation to be mirthful was to be profane; to be cheerful was to be frivolous-she drew no distinctions.

在她看来，欢笑就是亵渎神明，高兴就是轻薄，--她看不出其间有什么区别。

Thy silent pride is always counter to their taste; they rejoice if once thou be humble enough to be frivolous.

你的沉默的高傲总是触忤他们的趣味：当你偶然谦卑得近乎轻佻时，他们便喜欢起来。

He had something of the eighteenth century about him; frivolous and great.

他是从十八世纪来的：轻浮而自大。

There already existed between them all the dissonances of the grave young man and the frivolous old man.

他俩之间早已存在着一个严肃的青年人和一个轻浮的老年人之间的各种不和协。

Surely the best way to cut down on your carbon emissions would be not to make your frivolous world trip in the first place.

显然要降低个人碳排放量并不是首先就进行这种琐碎无聊的旅行。

She calls mah-jongg a superficial, frivolous game, and was a bit taken aback to hear her own 29-year-old daughter, Amy, had taken it up.

她称麻将是一种肤浅的、无聊的游戏，听到自己29岁的女儿阿波拉菲尔（AmyAbolafia）开始学打麻将的时候有点吃惊。

A fair number of words are therefore labeled as frivolous, vulgar, obscene, or at least inconsiderate when used in communication.

在人们交流的场合中，有相当一部分词语显示的是轻浮的、俗的、至少是使人难堪的意思。

Experience shows that this kind of supervision by higher-ups is not able to completely stop frivolous spending.

实践证明，这种上级监督的办法并不能完全制止乱花滥用。

That created something of a controversy at the time, as many people believed it was a frivolous expense.

这在当时创造了一个争议的东西，因为很多人认为这是一个轻浮的费用。

It was one of the many paradoxes in her character, that love of sombre and melancholy melodies, so opposite to her gay, frivolous nature.

这是她性格中自相矛盾的情况之一：她喜欢低沉忧郁的乐曲，这跟她那快乐、轻浮的天性恰巧相反。

But he took a conservative view of frivolous lawsuits against corporations and excessive punitive damages.

但在针对企业的轻率诉讼和过度的惩罚性损害赔偿上，他持有保守的观点。

Once you see how much you can save when you spend only on needs rather than wants, you may never go back to frivolous shopping.

一旦你知道把钱花在必需品上而不是自己想买的东西上可以省下多少钱，你可能再也不会像原来一样把钱花在无关紧要的购物上。

"Our family was deeply affected by the war, " she said, "and we do not make frivolous claims, and that assertion is frankly insulting. "

“我们家族深受战争影响，”她说，“我们不会轻率地提出要求，博物馆的断言显然是种侮辱。”

after a frivolous guffaw, it is boxing foot next on the body that falls in him, the purple Yu spot on his body lasted all the time a month.

一阵轻薄的狂笑之后，接下来是一顿拳脚落在他的身上，他身上的青紫的瘀斑一直持续了一个月。

You, who reads these lines, who are looking for a way out of the mediocrity of an empty and frivolous life, or one uselessly wasted.

你们，这些读到这些话语的人们，正在寻求一种方法脱离这种碌碌无为的空虚与无聊生活，或者依旧在无所谓的浪费人生。

Frivolous or not, it makes you wonder about the biggest question of all: Does Hollywood reflect our reality -- or determine it?

不管是否无聊，那可能会让你思考最大的问题：好莱坞是反映现实还是决定现实？

His wife's bored attitude and frivolous gown proclaimed the heiress's disregard of the insignificant interests at stake.

他的妻子却以厌烦的表情和轻浮的衣饰来显示她根本不把这笔遗产放在眼里。

real headphones is Vae singing in the light, I do not know why that is absorbed in such childish and frivolous with a little voice.

真实耳机里是Vae在浅唱着，不知为何，就是迷上了这种带着些许稚气和轻狂的声音。

he's been asked more than once by sniffy fellow classicists why he would bother with such a frivolous project.

他已经被自命不凡的古典主义研究同道们问了不止一次为什么要去做这么一项荒唐的工程了。