Is it meant as a joke?

这是否意味着作为一个笑话？

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It was an innocent deception, meant as a joke.

那是个无伤大雅的骗术，开个玩笑而已。

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They will repeat Albert Einstein's remark, unaware that it was meant as a joke: "If the facts contradict the theory, then the facts are wrong, because the theory is true."

他们会重复阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦的评价，不知道那只是句玩笑话：“如果事实和理论冲突，那么事实必然是错的，因为理论是对的。”

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As with so much that Mr Banks says, it is not clear whether this was meant as a joke.

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Mr Chambers, and his many high-profile supporters, always said the tweet was meant as a joke and should not have been taken seriously.

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Mr. Sunusi later apologized for his answer, saying it was meant as a joke and icebreaker to lower tensions during the vetting process.

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