第一, 迷你對(duì)話
A: Is that true that you wanna go with me for a trip around the US?
你說(shuō)打算和我去美國(guó),是真的嗎?
B: I was simply making a tongue-in-cheek remark.
我并不是認(rèn)真的。
第二, 地道表達(dá)
tongue-in-cheek
1. 解詞釋義
Tongue-in-cheek用來(lái)形容一件事情,那件事情聽(tīng)起來(lái)似乎是很嚴(yán)肅的,但實(shí)際上不是認(rèn)真的,半開(kāi)玩笑的。Make a tongue-in-cheek remark的意思就是“說(shuō)話虛情假意的,說(shuō)話不算數(shù)的”。
2. 拓展范例
e.g. Don't be fooled by all his complimentary remarks as they were all tongue-in-cheek.
別讓他的恭維話給糊弄住--那些話可當(dāng)不得真。
第三, 視野拓展
類似用法:with one’s tongue in one’s cheek:虛情假意地
e.g. He was saying that with his tongue in his cheek.
他只不過(guò)是虛情假意說(shuō)說(shuō)罷了。
e.g. There's a look on Jan's face that makes me think he's speaking with his tongue in hischeek.
從簡(jiǎn)的表情看來(lái),我覺(jué)得他話中有話。
e.g. He threatened to write to the newspapers about it, but I think he had his tongue in hischeek.
他威脅說(shuō)要寫信給報(bào)紙,不過(guò)我想他只是說(shuō)說(shuō)而已。
e.g. She knew that his elaborate gallantries and his florid speeches were all done with histongue in his cheek.
她知道,他那些假意的殷勤和花言巧語(yǔ)都是嘴皮子上的東西。