jest GRE专八

The remark was made half in jest.

这话是半玩笑说的。

They made a jest of his ignorance.

他们笑话他无知。

I said you look terrible in jest, actually, you look very pretty.

我说你看上去很糟糕是玩笑, 其实你看上去很漂亮。

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

玩笑话中常含有哲理。

Don’t jest with me, young man.

年轻人, 别跟我玩笑。

Do not mind, he is jesting.

别介意，他是玩笑。

He was so vain and reckless that he would break a friendship, rather than not break a jest.

他是如此虚荣狂妄, 宁可和人翻脸, 有笑话却能说。

Please don't jest with me.

请要和我玩笑。