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be facetious
He was being facetious when he said that.
他说那话时是在开玩笑。
诙谐的；滑稽的；爱开玩笑的
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诙谐的；滑稽的；爱开玩笑的
Pleasantly humorous; jocular; cleverly amusing in tone.
He was being facetious when he said that.
他说那话时是在开玩笑。
以(常为故意的)不当幽默对待严肃问题；轻浮的
Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
语调巧妙地令人发笑
cleverly amusing in tone
令人愉悦的幽默；诙谐的
Pleasantly humorous; jocular.
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
humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.
His facetious comment during the meeting made everyone laugh, but it also lightened the mood.
他会议上的玩笑话逗笑了大家，但也缓和了气氛。
AI contextual example
I couldn't tell if she was being serious or facetious when she suggested we should all wear pajamas to work.
她建议我们都穿睡衣上班时，我分不清她是认真的还是开玩笑的。
AI contextual example
The teacher's facetious remark about the homework being due 'yesterday' prompted a few chuckles from the class.
老师那句关于作业“昨天”就该交的玩笑话引起了全班一阵轻笑。
AI contextual example
facetious remarks
打趣的话。
WordNet
He was being facetious when he said that.
他说那话时是在开玩笑。
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。
His facetious remark lightened the mood.
他诙谐的评论缓和了气氛。
Not this
He made a factitious remark.
Use this
He made a facetious remark.
Factitious（人为的）与facetious（滑稽的）拼写相似，学习者易混淆。应使用facetious。
Not this
He is facetiousness.
Use this
He is facetious.
facetious是形容词，facetiousness是名词，不能用于be动词后作表语。应使用facetious。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Use facetious naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.