facetious
facetious 英 [fəˈsi:ʃəs] 美 [fəˈsiʃəs]
adj. 诙谐的；爱开玩笑的；滑稽的；(尤指在不合适的时候)开玩笑的
- If someone is being facetious they’re being playful with an edge. A knock-knock joke isn’t facetious, but if you call it the most advanced form of comedy, you’re probably being facetious.
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- adj. 诙谐的；爱开玩笑的；滑稽的；(尤指在不合适的时候)开玩笑的
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1. Okay, so maybe we’re not as lazy I claim, and perhaps my nostalgia for a time I never lived is a little facetious.
好吧，或许我们不像我所说的那样懒散，或许我对自己从没经历过的事情进行怀旧有那么一点滑稽可笑。
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2. While a little facetious, this is the kind of pseudo-scientific claim that marketing experts within the cosmetic industry have been using for years.
虽然有点滑稽，但这是那种化妆品行业营销专家已用了好几年的伪科学主张。
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3. OK Cupid, with a breezy, facetious tone, an intuitive approach, and proprietary matching stratagems, comes close to feeling like a contemporary Internet product, and a pastime for the young.
OK丘比特"以活泼爱开玩笑的腔调、直观的方式、财产配对策略、感觉接近当代的互联网产品和年轻人的休闲活动。
- facetious (adj.) 1590s, from French facétieux (16c.), from facétie "a joke" (15c.), from Latin facetiae "jests, witticisms" (singular facetia), from facetus "witty, elegant, fine, courteous," which is of unknown origin, perhaps related to facis "torch."
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