"facetious" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 滑稽的
• 愛開玩笑的

Definition

指喜歡開玩笑或在不合適的時候用輕鬆、幽默的方式對待嚴肅事情的人或事物。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Facetious” 多用於正式場合或書面語，常帶有批評意味，暗指對方不夠嚴肅。常與“評論”、“語氣”等搭配。不要和“幽默”或“諷刺”混淆。

Examples

Please don't be facetious during the meeting.

請在會議中不要太**滑稽**。

His facetious comments weren't appropriate for such a serious topic.

他那些**滑稽**的評論不適合這麼嚴肅的話題。

She was being facetious when she joked about the test results.

她在開關於考試成績的玩笑，實際上是在**開玩笑**。

Come on, stop being so facetious—this is important!

別再那麼**滑稽**了——這很重要！

You always make facetious remarks when you're nervous.

你緊張的時候總是說**愛開玩笑**的話。

I knew he was just being facetious, but his joke still upset me.

我知道他只是**開玩笑**，但他的笑話還是讓我不開心。