punch line

My attitude toward death was captured by the punch line in an old joke about Sister Jones, the most devout woman in her church.

我对死亡的态度，正好与关于琼斯修女的一个老笑话中的一个妙语不谋而合。

It's the punch line of a joke I've been using since we started two and a half hours earlier: I still don't know the name of your movie.

这个是我在我们两个半小时前的采访中用到的一个笑话：我还不知道你的电影的名字呢。

He paused to deliver his punch line: "But if you are prepared to give it a try, so are we. "

他停了一下，然后说出了他最得力的一句话：“但是，如果你准备试试看，我们也准备这样做。”

A doctored version praised the cream but the punch line was that it gave users disgusting spots.

改编了的广告也赞扬这种面霜，但关键的一句台词是说它使使用者长出讨厌的斑点。

an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line ).

一个有趣事件（通常带有妙语）的叙述。

And here's the upsetting punch line: intelligence seems to make things worse.

还有一些让人不安的方面：智慧会让事情变得更糟。

As the punch line of the old Irish joke goes, "I would not start from here" . Yet we do.

爱尔兰古笑话中有句妙语：“我不会从这里开始。”然而我们却要这样做。

When aliens first see us laugh, they'll think we're having some sort of fit (and they probably won't get the punch line either).

当外来人第一次看到我们笑时，他们会认为我们在发神经（而且他们可能也没有体会出其中的奥妙）。

Ben Stiller is a funny guy, but here Reuben, with his uncooperative stomach and lack of grace, isn't a character so much as a punch line.

本。斯蒂勒是个言语幽默的家伙，可这里扮演的鲁本，因为时常肠胃的不舒服，没有表演出优雅行为的一面，台词也没有什么出彩的地方。

For one thing he always laughs at his own joke before he gets to the punch line.

比如说，他总是在还没有讲到那句关键的话之前自己就笑了。

The new study isn't about being funny or appreciating comedy. Instead, it's about picking the right punch line for a joke or cartoon. CBS.

这项新研究并非研究一个人是否风趣，或者懂不懂欣赏喜剧，而是懂不懂掌握笑话或漫画中的笑位。

There are times when the author insults your intelligence, giving you a punch line and then explaining it as though you're a dimwit.

有时作者会有辱你的理解力，给你一段妙语，然后解释，仿佛你是一个傻瓜。

"Do you want fries with that" will no longer be a national punch line but rather an unattainable dream.

“你需要配上炸薯条吗？”这句话将不再是一句民族的妙语，相反，将变成无法实现的梦想。

Something said or done to evoke laughter or amusement, especially an amusing story with a punch line.

笑话为引人发笑或逗乐而说的话或做的事，尤指有一句妙语的有趣故事。

Comedians issued public apologies for using Lindy Chamberlain as a punch line; TV hosts were grave and emotional.

喜剧演员因曾用林迪事件做笑点而发布了公开道歉；电视主持人声音低沉，情绪激动。

When listening to a joke, the first part of the humor is the punch line, an incongruous ending.

当听一个笑话时，幽默的第一部分是一个巧妙的不合常规的结尾。

You can not imagine that this kind of punch line, even the deep attainments are not necessarily scholars .

让你无法想象的是，这样的妙语，就连造诣很深的文人都不一定能想得出来。

In recent, rueful economics discussions, an all-purpose punch line has become "nobody could have predicted. . . . "

最近，面对悔恨的经济学讨论，通用的妙语成了“没人能预测到…。”。

Gou finds the punch line flattering, and unrealistic. "This is just a joke. I'm not saying I am so great. I just work hard and work smart. "

郭台铭觉得这是过誉之词并且不切实际，“这只是一个笑话，我没有说我会有多伟大，我只是努力聪明地工作罢了”。

which is also the punch line of a famous remark about comedy: it's not the joke it's the timing.

这也是某喜剧中著名的一句话：“它不是玩笑是时间的设定。”