Turning to him gaily, she attempted a small jest.

思特里克兰德太太的情绪很高，转身对他说了一句笑的话。

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

谈神的事不准随便说笑。

" 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 当然我在笑。

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，因为他们认为国王是在笑。

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

问题与轻人笑式点赞有关。

" 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，“你在笑，哈利波特。”

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

但当他与你谈话时，你总不能确定他是发自肺腑，还是说着而已。

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

我样说，一半是笑，但是样稳健、平衡的进展是有明确原因的。

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么心地说笑。

" Might I—would you allow me—jest to come in" ?

“我——您能允许我——just进来一下吗？” 注：此处的“just”根据上下翻译为“仅仅”或“就”，但为了保留原中的语气和措辞，里使用了拼音“just”。在实际对话中，可以进一步调整为：“我——您能允许我仅仅进来一下吗？”

Henry had certainly been only in jest in what he had told her that morning.

亨利那天早上告诉她的那些话肯定只是在笑。

What we do need to remember is that this is (mostly) all in good jest.

我们需要记住的是， （大部分）都是笑。

Now they did make a couple of comments in jest during the meal.

他们在吃饭时确实过几句笑。

The old man immediately seated himself beside Maslova and began to jest.

老人立即在玛斯洛娃身边坐下， 始笑。

" Pray do not jest with me, " I said.

“请不要跟我笑， ” 我说。

Like you're saying, fold the franchise, like partly in jest.

就像你说的，考虑结束特许经营权，虽然有点笑的成分。

That entire statement I made at the beginning was mostly not in jest.

我刚才说的那番话大部分都不是笑。

I jest, but it does make me happy that I don't have to be there.

我笑的，但确实让我高兴的是我不用去那里。

That is the cream of Giraud's little jest.

是 Giraud 的小笑的精华。