joke

In a society that celebrates spending and credit, this behavior is usually looked upon as a joke rather than a serious problem.

在一个秀支出和信贷的社会里，这种行为常被看成一个笑话，而不是一个严重的问题。

This does not seem to legend, just a joke Bale.

这似乎不是传说，只是一则笑话罢了。

In the early days of mobile phones, the advertising slogan "It doesn't cost much to keep in touch" was a bit of a joke.

在手机早期，广告语“保持联系并不需要花很多钱”真的有点像玩笑。

He grinned at me, as if sharing a secret joke.

他朝我咧齿一笑，好象彼此会心领略一个笑话。

The dentist did not know that it was a joke and tried to explain.

那大夫还不知道这是个打趣，严厉地诠释着。

John played a joke on Henry, and the next day Henry got back at him.

约翰戏弄了亨利，第2天亨利就回报了他。

He shouldn't have been angry with me for what I said, for it was nothing more than a joke.

他不应该对我说的话感到生气，那仅仅是个玩笑而已。

I do not know why in my friends around like a joke to say he is a farmer, but it did affect me.

我不知道为什么在我周围的朋友都喜欢开玩笑说自己是一个农民，但这的确影响到我了。

As for the name-changing of Chen's family, it is just a joke. How much influence can "Chen Low-carbon" have on the public?

至于陈光标先生全家改名，那也只是一个笑话，“陈低碳”究竟能产生多大的影响力？

As he would not be setting off for another three weeks, he treated this as a very good joke.

由于他要等三个星期才会出发，所以把我的话当作是开玩笑。

my sister, suddenly laughed, it let me, in the mirror. oh, i put a piece of butter on the nose against it, like a joke!

姐姐突然笑了，这笑让我莫名其妙，一照镜子，呵，我把一块奶油蹭在了鼻子上，活像一个小丑！

I gather you passed this off as a joke but the reaction in the pub was one of shock, not laughter.

你可能自认为自己很幽默，但是当时餐馆里的人的反应很明显是震惊而不是大笑。

I thought I'd play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you.

我想我扮演了一个笑话，但当我听到你所说的话，真的打我我伤害了你多少。

But I said, I'm not-- I have to break any awkward moment, or any silences, with a joke.

但我说，我不会，也不必用笑话来打破所有的尴尬和沉默。

So, in a second study they used a description of a Monty Python sketch which participants weren't told was supposed to be a joke.

因此，在第二个实验中，他们使用了一个描述巨蟒的素描，而参与者也没有认为这应该是一个玩笑。

It's hard to hear about this ruling and not consider the Italian legal system to be a joke.

这个判决令人难过，并且让人很难不把意大利的法律体制当做一个笑话。

I would almost care about this, but it's so obvious to everyone that this is either a joke or an idiot that there is nothing more to say.

我差一点就喜欢上它，但这对每个人来说太明显了，这要么是个笑话要么就是个没话可说的傻瓜。

' We joke that by the time we are old enough to go on mah-jongg cruises , we 'll clean up because we started young, ' she said .

她说，那个时候我们开玩笑说，等我们老到在游船上打麻将的时候，我们就发财了，因为我们从很年轻的时候就开始了。

'It's a little bit of a joke, ' said Antonio Zea, director of soccer for Adidas America.

“大家有点开玩笑的意思。”阿迪达斯美国公司（AdidasAmerica）足球部负责人安东尼奥•西亚（AntonioZea）说道。

Some people are so dry that you might soak them in a joke for a month it would not get through their skins .

有些人干巴巴的，在笑话里浸泡一个月，也不能渗入皮肤。