| 单词 | facetious |
| 释义 | facetious adjective disapprovinguk/fəˈsiː.ʃəs/us/fəˈsiː.ʃəs/notseriousabout aserioussubject, in anattemptto befunnyor toappearclever: （尤指不问场合）好开玩笑的；滑稽的，诙谐的facetiousremarks不合时宜的发言 He's just being facetious.他只是在乱开玩笑。 Synonym tongue-in-cheek Humour & humorous
facetious| American Dictionaryfacetious adjective us/fəˈsi·ʃəs/notseriouslymeaningwhat you say, usually in anattemptto behumorousor totricksomeone: I make so muchmoneythat we never have toworry– I’m being facetious. facetiouslyadverbus/fəˈsi·ʃəs·li/ "We couldspendallourincomeonhealthcare," she said facetiously. Examplesoffacetiousfacetious These increasingly convoluted definitions are not meant to be entirelyfacetious. From theCambridge English Corpus The song is afacetiouscomment on this act. From theCambridge English Corpus Dickens's allusions to the legend are oftenfacetious, as we shall see. From theCambridge English Corpus One such way of manipulating existing lexical items is to expand them implicitly into longer forms so that the original does double (and oftenfacetious) duty. From theCambridge English Corpus The suggestion is not entirelyfacetious. From theCambridge English Corpus The argument about fishermen isfacetiousand has no factual basis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not say that in anyfacetiousway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot help thinking that these observations arefacetious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not wish to befacetiousabout it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The problem is much more serious thanfacetiousreferences of that sort would indicate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are having a useful discussion in spite of the fact that it is tempting to be a littlefacetiouson this issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not making afacetiouspoint but a very serious one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That sounded a note of seriousness, even if there were a disposition to befacetious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not afacetiousremark: it is a statement of fact. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I end on what might seem a slightlyfacetiousnote. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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