And so the valentine was sent, not for love, but as a joke.
就这样，情人卡被发出去了，不是为了爱情，而是做为玩笑。
Liz meant it as a joke but it fell flat.
莉兹的本意是把它当作笑话来讲的，但没成功。
I can enjoy a joke as well as the next man , but this is going too far.
我和平常人一样喜欢开玩笑，可这太过分了。
As a teenager, she was a member of the French national synchronised swimming team, and she likes to joke that this taught her not only teamwork and self-discipline, but also how to hold her breath.
少年时，拉加德是法国国家花样游泳队队员，她喜欢开玩笑地说，这段经历不但教给她团队合作与自律，而且教会了人如何才能憋住气。
Britain's trains rank alongside its weather as a standing national joke, but that hasn't stopped people flocking to them over the past decade.
英国的铁路与天气一起并列属于标准的国家笑料，不过这并不影响过去的十年里人们拥入火车。
"No. Not at all," he said, sounding as if he were telling a subtle joke. "But maybe you'll finally understand."
“不，不是这样的，”他说话听上去像在讲一个小笑话。“但也许你以后就会明白的。”
"It sounds like a joke," said business owner Mauricoa Quintero as he recently paused outside a Wachovia Bank branch in Miami. "But it sounds safer than the turmoil out there right now."
一位叫MauricoaQuintero的老板，最近刚关闭Wachovia银行迈阿密分行，表示说：“这听起来就像一个笑话，但在这个时候安全总比混乱要好。”
Now when they were first shown, most people thought they were a joke, but they really mark Andy's coming of age as a pop painter.
当这些罐头作品第一次被展出的时候，多数人都以为这不过是个玩笑，但是它们的确是安迪作为成熟波普画家的标志。
She hated his familiarity, but passed it off as a joke.
她讨厌他那种亲昵的态度，但一笑置之。
The boy meant it as a joke but the Chinese student was not amused and the two boys exchanged angry words.
这本是句无意的玩笑，不料这名中国学生不买账，于是两人起了言语冲突。
But because Bart is a practical joke on Anne, and Anne hated him, with Bart as enemy, want to go beyond his grades.
但由于巴特是一个恶作剧的安妮，安妮讨厌他，巴特为敌，想要超越他的成绩。
The Church still regards their relationship as living in sin, but many people nowadays use the phrase as a joke.
教会仍视他们的关系为姘居，但目前许多人却把“姘居”这话当作笑话使用。
The joy of laughing at a funny story is universal, probably as old as language itself. But, what is it that makes a story or a joke funny?
听了一个有趣的故事会发笑、很开心，古今中外都一样。这一现象或许同语言本身一样悠久。那么，到底是什么东西会使一个故事或笑话让人感到滑稽可笑的呢？
I can enjoy a joke as well as the next man, but this is far off track.
我跟别人一样喜欢开玩笑，但这个玩笑太离谱了。
I don't know why people surrounding me like saying "I am a farmer" as a joke, of course, but this really affect me so much.
我不知道为什么在我周围的朋友都喜欢开玩笑说自己是一个农民，但这的确影响到我了。
It was said as a joke, but if the man had seen the evil look on Fagin's face, he might have thought the warning was a necessary one.
这好像是个玩笑，可假如那人看到了费金脸上邪恶的表情，他会认为这种警告是必要的。
I intended to make a joke, but my remark came out as unintentionally rude.
我本想开个玩笑，但无意中把话讲得粗鲁了。
Even thought lots of people consider this video as nothing but a joke, but in deed, we should pay more attention to older people.
尽管很多人都把这个视频当笑话看，但事实上，我们是要多关注一下老年人。
Comments: I was amused by this joke, when I first came across this funny story. But as a teacher, when I read this once again, I am deeply moved. How lovely this little boy is!
评论：第一次我看到这个笑话时，我被它逗乐了。但是我自己作为一个老师，当我再次看这个笑话时，我被深深的感动了。多可爱的小章尼呀！
I suspect Ronnie tripped me so that I wouldn't be able to play tomorrow. He did it not as a joke but out of malice.
我怀疑罗尼是为了让我明天无法比赛而绊倒我的，他这么做并非开玩笑，而是出于恶意。
There is a storm of singin 'in "la la Land," but no rain; the clemency of the weather is a God-given joke, and, even at Christmas, when Mia walks home after dark, she is clad as if for June.
《爱乐之城》中有一场歌唱的风暴，但没有下雨：天气的仁慈堪称神赐的笑话，即便在圣诞节，米娅夜里步行回家，她也穿得和六月一般。
One is a fake psychic and the other his sidekick, but what started out as a joke has turned into a full time job for Shawn and Gus.
一个是冒牌通灵者，另一个是从小长大的伙伴。可是，最初的玩笑日后竟成了肖恩和格斯的全职工作。
To his surprise, Diana treated his proposal as a joke, She actually giggled. But soon she could see that Prince Charles was serious.
让他惊讶的是，戴安娜竟然把他的求婚当成了一个玩笑，她竟然真的笑了出来，但是很快戴安娜就发现查尔斯王子是认真的。
To his surprise, Diana treated his proposal as a joke, She actually giggled. But soon she could see that Prince Charles was serious.
让他惊讶的是，戴安娜竟然把他的求婚当成了一个玩笑，她竟然真的笑了出来，但是很快戴安娜就发现查尔斯王子是认真的。
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