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a jape about + noun
He told a jape about a lawyer.
他讲了个关于律师的笑话。
玩笑；笑话；戏言
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玩笑；笑话；戏言
a humorous story or remark that is meant to make people laugh
He told a jape about a lawyer.
他讲了个关于律师的笑话。
笑话或俏皮话
A joke or quip.
恶作剧或戏弄
A prank or trick.
His comment was just a harmless jape, not a serious criticism.
他的评论只是一个无伤大雅的玩笑，并非严肃的批评。
She told a jape at the party that made everyone laugh.
她在聚会上讲了一个笑话，把大家都逗笑了。
The newspaper column was full of witty japes about local politics.
那篇报纸专栏满是关于当地政治的诙谐玩笑。
He told a jape about a lawyer.
他讲了个关于律师的笑话。
常用搭配
Don't make a jape at her mistake.
别拿她的错误开玩笑。
jape at 为不及物动词短语
They often jape at each other.
他们经常互相嘲弄。
Not this
He japed about the incident.
Use this
He joked about the incident.
将'jape'用作动词表示'开玩笑'在现代英语中极为罕见且过时，应使用常用动词'joke'。注意，'jape'作为动词仅在文学或古语中使用，日常交流中应避免。
Not this
He told funny jape.
Use this
He told a funny jape.
名词'jape'是可数名词，前面需要不定冠词'a'或'an'；中文学习者常因母语缺乏冠词系统而遗漏冠词。
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