1·Mallory described the team's findings as "Gary Larson events" in reference to the tragicomic nature of Larson's the Far Side.
Mallory称研究小组的发现为“加里·拉尔森事件”，这参照了拉尔森的“远侧”的悲喜剧的内涵。
2·It took me about an hour to figure out what actually happened in the tragicomic affair, and I felt about 10 IQ points lighter afterward.
这件悲喜剧花了我差不多一个小时才弄清楚究竟发生了什么事后，我发现我的IQ水平下降了10分。
3·I could list for you a tragicomic litany of all the things I was once mistakenly completely certain about, and I'm sure you can do the same.
我可以为你列举出曾经我错误地完全可以肯定的事物的一系列悲喜剧，我认为你也一定能。
4·Dark comedy refers rather to the tragicomic form in which laughter and despair are inextricably mingled.
黑色喜剧一词更确切地说是把笑声和绝望难解难分地结合在一起的那种悲喜剧形式。