1·This latest pay offer is a joke.
最近这次提出的报酬简直是开玩笑。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·He intended it as a joke.
他只想开个玩笑。
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3·Keep your shirt on! It was only a joke.
别生气！开个玩笑而已。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·She told a joke to lighten the atmosphere.
她讲了个笑话以缓和气氛。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·He seemed to regard the whole thing as a joke.
他似乎是把整件事当成玩笑。
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6·The trouble with her is she can't take a joke.
她的问题在于开不起玩笑。
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7·No disrespect intended sir. It was just a joke.
先生，绝无不敬之意。这不过是个玩笑而已。
—— 《牛津词典》
8·It's his idea of a joke, I suppose, the scallywag.
我猜他觉得这是个玩笑，这个淘气鬼。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
9·He carried on telling a joke, laughing his head off.
他不停地说笑话，大笑着。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
10·I wish I had your courage, Michael, to make a joke of it like that.
我真希望能有你那般勇气，迈克尔，那样拿它当玩笑。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》