Gould—not the well-known New England humorist or the novelist who wrote The Greenleaf Fires but a relation of both, I think—greeted me warily but with some interest.

古德不是那位新英格兰幽默作家，也不是《绿叶之火》作者，但我想他跟上述二位都是亲戚。他带着几分戒备几分兴趣接待了我。

In 1974, humorist Erma Bombeck published a syndicated newspaper column that looms over the lives of American mothers whether they've read it or not.

1974年，幽默作家艾尔玛·邦贝克在报纸上发表了一篇一稿多投专栏文章，这篇文章堪称概括了所有美国母亲生活面貌，无论她们看过这篇文章与否。

He's widely considered to be one of the most important humorists in American history, responsible for creating several world famous novels.

众所周知，他是美国历史上伟大幽默作家之一，创作了几部世界小说。

Roman humorists called that year not the consulship of Caesar and Bibulus, but the consulship of Julius and Caesar.

罗马幽默作家称那一年执政官是朱利叶斯和撒，而非撒和毕布路斯。

We bought the season pass so we'd get premium seating to " A Night of Sarcasm with Fran Lebowitz."

我们买了季票，因为我们想要座位去听" 幽默作家弗兰·拉伯维治讽刺之夜" 。

Ancient Greek funnyman Aristotle is said to have said, " The secret to humor is surprise."

据说，古希腊幽默 作家亚里士多德曾经说过，幽默秘诀就是惊喜。

Humorist Irma Bombach joked that guilt was the gift that keeps giving.

幽默作家厄玛·邦贝克开玩笑说，内疚就像一份永远送不完礼物。

Mallon, whose novel " Fellow Travelers, " about closeted gay men during the McCarthy era, is now a TV miniseries, is one of our most evocative and blessedly, one of our drollest novelists.

马隆小说《同路旅客》，讲述了麦卡锡时代 Closeted 同性恋男子故事，现已改编成电视迷你剧。他是我们富有表现力作家之一，而且幸亏也是我们幽默作家之一。 注：此处 " closeted" 通常指“隐藏身份”，在 LGBTQ+ 社群中特指那些不公开自己性取向或性别认同人，在翻译时根据上下文进行了意译。

Well, maybe it's harder on the Democrats to have working-class humorists go after them, because in principle, they're supposed to be advocates for the working class.

嗯，对于民主党来说， 可能更难接受工人阶级幽默作家对他们批评，因为理论上， 他们应该是工人阶级代言人。

Our great American humorist, Will Rogers, once said, though, that he wasn't a member of any organized political party because he was a Democrat.

我们伟大美国幽默作家威尔·罗杰斯曾说过，他并不属于任何有组织政党， 因为他是一个民主党人。

I'm Manoush Zomorodi, and we are spending this hour with the very wise and very funny best-selling author and TED speaker, Anne Lamott.

我是曼努什·佐莫罗迪，我们将与非常睿智且幽默畅销书作家、TED演讲者安·拉莫特共度这一小时。

Kierkegaard, who is Danish, and most people think deeply depressed and then so on, is actually an incredibly funny writer.

克尔郭尔是丹麦人， 大多数人认为他深陷抑郁等等，实际上他是一个非常幽默作家。

But then I realized I do remember the commencement address once given by the humorist Art Buchwald.

但后来我意识到，我还记得幽默作家阿尔特·布赫瓦尔德曾经发表一次毕业演讲。

She writes a humorous column, humor is part of her language.

她是个幽默专栏作家 幽默就是她风格。

Many writers of the day, especially humorists, used pseudonyms, or pen names.

当时许多作家， 尤其是幽默作家， 都使用假或笔。

The theory behind it, noted the popular humorist Will Rogers, was that " the money was all appropriated for the top in the hopes it would trickle down to the needy." But it did not trickle down.

流行幽默作家威尔·罗杰斯 （Will Rogers） 指出，其背后理论是，“这笔钱都拨给了高层，希望能流向有需要人。但它并没有涓涓细流。

Next I resurrected A rchy and Mehitabel, by Don Marquis, to show that this influential humorist also used an unorthodox medium—doggerel—for his message.

接下来，我重新发掘了唐·马奎斯《阿奇与梅希塔贝尔》，以此展示这位有影响力幽默作家同样采用了非传统媒介——打油诗——来传达他信息。

The 19th century humorist was referring to the devotion expressed by man's best friend, a dog.

19世纪幽默作家所指是人类忠实朋友——狗所表现出忠诚。

I'm sure if you lived in Britain, there's probably like a humorist award every three weeks.

我敢说，如果你住在英国，大概每三周就会有一个幽默作家奖。

Sorry, there was only one American humorist, apparently.

抱歉，显然美国只有一个幽默作家。