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。

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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。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

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。

《牛津词典》

"We talked about what would happen if it didn't work out, but we did it as a joke because we felt we didn't need to worry about that, " says Florescu.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Kennedy ended the fashion for hats by appearing without one at the 1961 Inauguration, so I have to wonder how guys who look like models in an old Stetson ad can be regarded as anything but a joke.

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The real question facing industrialised countries is how to create a legal environment that counts cyberaggression not as a kind of practical joke, but a grave breach of the legal order, akin to terrorism, international organised crime, or aggression against another state.

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