tongue-in-cheek

英 [ˌtʌŋ ɪn ˈtʃiːk]

美 [ˌtʌŋ ɪn ˈtʃiːk]

adj.  言不由衷的; 随便说说的; 开玩笑的
adv.  无诚意地

牛津词典

adj.

• 言不由衷的；随便说说的；开玩笑的
  not intended seriously; done or said as a joke
  1. a tongue-in-cheek remark
     一句戏言

柯林斯词典

• → see:tongue

英英释义

adj

• cleverly amusing in tone
  1. a bantering tone
  2. facetious remarks
  3. tongue-in-cheek advice
  Synonym:banteringfacetious

adv

• not seriously
  1. I meant it facetiously
  Synonym:facetiouslyjokingly
• in a bantering fashion
  1. he spoke to her banteringly
  Synonym:banteringly

双语例句

• Don't take her so seriously, that was just a tongue-in-cheek remark.
  不要对此太认真，她只是半开玩笑地说这话的。
• In the case of this image, I wanted to represent New York in a tongue-in-cheek, fanciful way.
  在本图中，我希望用一种戏谑、荒诞的方式来表现纽约。
• Over the years the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a couple of tongue-in-cheek zombie warnings, which really are just disaster-preparedness stunts.
  在过去的几年里，美国疾病控制和防御中心也曾发布过数十条半开玩笑地僵尸预警，不过这只是预防疾病的噱头而已。
• Television viewers are being given a chance to choose a wife for Prince William in a tongue-in-cheek show.
  电视台“四频道”的数字频道“E4”将在一个闲谈节目中让电视观众们为威廉王子选妃。
• It seems tongue-in-cheek to me because at that point in history, people knew that this way of looking at the world was no longer relevant.
  这在我看来有些半开玩笑的性质，因为在那个历史时期，人们已经知道这样看待世界不再有意义。
• The video that they released this week was partly tongue-in-cheek, a nod to the amateur production values and juvenile sense of humour of YouTube's many part-time auteurs.
  他们这周公布的视频，从某种程度上说具有半开玩笑的性质，是对业余爱好者作品价值和YouTube许多兼职导演幼稚幽默感的首肯。
• The last comment may have been tongue-in-cheek, but the takeaway thought, he said, was that GM knew its weaknesses as well as anyone else.
  他说，虽然最后一句话有些开玩笑的意思，但是言下之意是，通用公司与外界一样深知自己的弱点。
• Using a variety of tongue-in-cheek models usually applied to complex questions of bond markets or credit default swaps, most analysts have ended up with far from earth-shattering tips, backing favourites Spain or Germany.
  他们半开玩笑地使用多种经济模型进行预测，这些经济模型通常用于债券市场或信用违约掉期等复杂问题。多数经济学家经过预测得出结论称，西班牙队和德国队是夺冠热门。
• He offered some tongue-in-cheek advice about keeping out of the rain.
  他就避免淋雨出了些似真非真的主意。
• Lincoln himself was highly skillful in the use of tongue-in-cheek humor.
  林肯本人运用“戏谑式”幽默也得心应手。