" What kind of prophecy? " repeated Bellatrix, the grin fading from her face. " You jest, Harry Potter."

“什么样的预言？”贝拉特里克斯重复道，脸上那种龇牙咧嘴的笑容逐渐消失了，“你在开玩笑，哈利波特。”

Turning to him gaily, she attempted a small jest.

思特里克兰德太太的情绪很高，转身对他说了一句开玩笑的话。

Do not jest at that which is sacred, said the other, sternly.

的事不准随便说笑。

" They are repeopling the country, " jested Loiseau.

鸟先生讲了一句笑话：“他们在添补人口。”

And the student becomes the teacher. I jest of course.

学生变成了老师 当然我在开玩笑。

In fact, Plutarch quotes him as saying the following: " When they break a jest upon me in the theatre, I feel as if I were at a big party of good friends."

事实上，普鲁塔克引用了他的如下一段话：“当他们在剧院里开我的玩笑的时候，我觉得自己好像在参加一群好朋友的盛大聚会。”

The master did not laugh, because he never laughs; but he was in a good humor, so that that perpendicular wrinkle hardly ever appeared on his brow; and he explained a problem on the blackboard, and jested.

先生虽一向没有笑容的人，可今天也很高兴，额上的皱纹几乎已经看不出了，他就黑板上说明算术的时候，还讲着笑话呢。

I hope that you will not find that he is now bigheaded, as well as pigheaded. He knows I speak only in jest. I did nevertheless tell you that he had been an artist at one time, did I not?

我希望你不会发现他现在不但有大(自负)，还有(非常顽固)。他知道我只开玩笑。不过，我确实告诉过你，他曾经个艺术家，不吗？

Villagers in Jombang in East Java remembered him, as a boy, tied to the flagpole in the front yard for some jest that had gone too far.

东爪哇省班宗县的村民们记得他，那个因为恶搞过火而被系在前院旗杆子上的小男孩。

And that includes the author's mother. So you know I say half in jest but it's actually really sad. Because...certainly sad for me, as an academic.

其中还包括作者的母亲。这话虽然半开玩笑，但其实很可悲，因为...作为学者，我觉得很可悲。

And the courtiers were amazed, and some of them laughed, for they thought that he was jesting.

群臣都感到很惊讶，有些人甚至笑了，因为他们认为国王在开玩笑。

That she was doing for an earnest reason what would most naturally be done in jest was at any rate a safe secret.

她演戏当然闹着玩的，但她却为了一个正经目的，无论怎样，这个秘密不会泄漏。

When such utterances are spoken in jest or in pretense, not all the felicity conditions are satisfied and the magic doesn't happen.

当这种话语以戏谑或虚假的方式被说出时，不所有的合适性条件都得到满足，魔力就不会发生。

He stared at me with wide-open eyes, and made his voice like that of a lion, in jest, but without laughing.

他张大了眼看着我，毫无笑容地用了狮子样的声音说可笑的话。

But when he talks to you, you cannot always be sure whether he's in jest or in earnest.

但当他与你话时，你总不能确定他发自肺腑，还说着玩而已。

I say this partially in jest, nevertheless there is a definite reason for such a steady, balanced progression.

我这样说，一半开玩笑，但这样稳健、平衡的进展有明确原因的。

Part of the issue is that young people tend to use the thumbs up in jest.

这个问题与年轻人往往开玩笑式点赞有关。

" Nope, not jesting, " said Harry, his eyes flicking from Death Eater to Death Eater, looking for a weak link, a space through which they could escape. " How come Voldemort wants it? "

“不，我没有开玩笑，”哈利的目光掠过一个个食死徒，想搜寻一个薄弱环节，一个能够让他们从其中逃脱的空隙，“为什么伏地魔想要它？”

She wondered how he could jest so blithely with a rope about his neck and her pitiful circumstances before him.

她不明白他怎能在自己脖子上套着绞索和面对她的可怜处境时还这么开心地说笑。

" Your Grace laughs so prettily" . Lady Margaery gave her a quizzical smile. " Might we share the jest" ?

" 陛下笑得真可爱，" 玛格丽探询似的笑道，" 想到什么如此开心，我可以分享这个玩笑吗？"