Word · Frequency #23932
facetious
诙谐的；滑稽的；爱开玩笑的
Pleasantly humorous; jocular; cleverly amusing in tone.
- 1.
Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
以(常为故意的)不当幽默对待严肃问题；轻浮的
- 2.
cleverly amusing in tone
语调巧妙地令人发笑
- 3.
Pleasantly humorous; jocular.
令人愉悦的幽默；诙谐的
- 4.
humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.
幽默地做出愚蠢或适得其反的举动,旨在讽刺地表达相反主张
轻浮的；不正经的；反讽的；以荒谬表达反义的；以(常为故意的)不当幽默对待严肃问题；轻浮的；语调巧妙地令人发笑；令人愉悦的幽默；诙谐的
In use
His facetious comment during the meeting made everyone laugh, but it also lightened the mood.
I couldn't tell if she was being serious or facetious when she suggested we should all wear pajamas to work.
The teacher's facetious remark about the homework being due 'yesterday' prompted a few chuckles from the class.
facetious remarks
be facetious
He was being facetious when he said that.
他说那话时是在开玩笑。
facetious about sth
用于形容对某事的轻幽默评论。
She made a facetious comment about the weather.
她对天气开了个玩笑。
Connections
Collocations
- facetious remark
- 戏谑的话；不正经的玩笑
- His facetious remark about the accident made everyone uncomfortable.他对事故开的那个不正经的玩笑让大家都不舒服。
- facetious tone
- 戏谑的语气
- She answered in a facetious tone, so I couldn't tell if she was serious.她用一种戏谑的语气回答，所以我无法判断她是不是认真的。
- facetious comment
- 轻浮的评论；打趣的话
- Please keep your facetious comments to yourself during the meeting.会议期间请别说那些不正经的评论。
- facetious suggestion
- 开玩笑的建议；不严肃的建议
- The boss ignored his facetious suggestion to work from the beach.老板没有理睬他提出的去海滩上班这个不严肃的建议。
- facetious manner
- 开玩笑的态度；不正经的样子
- The judge was not amused by the lawyer's facetious manner.法官对律师那副不正经的样子感到不悦。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
助记：facetious的五个元音a-e-i-o-u按序出现，诙谐轻浮，严肃事乱开玩笑。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary criticism、public commentary 该词多用于正式或文学性语境，常表示以刻意的、不恰当的幽默对待严肃问题，语气偏书面；在口语中则可能带有讽刺或玩笑的意味，需根据语境理解。
Pronunciation & Spelling
facetious 读 /fəˈsiːʃəs/（重音在第二音节，/siː/ + /ʃəs/）。下列词都以 -cious/-tious 结尾，词尾也读 /ʃəs/，但重读元音不同：spacious /ˈspeɪʃəs/（/speɪ/）、precious /ˈprɛʃəs/（/prɛ/）、vicious /ˈvɪʃəs/（/vɪ/）、delicious /dɪˈlɪʃəs/（/lɪ/）、suspicious /səˈspɪʃəs/（/spɪ/）、ambitious /æmˈbɪʃəs/（/bɪ/）。因此它们只是形似词，与 facetious 并不严格押韵，目前也没有常见严格同韵词。
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