jocularity
基本解释
- n. 滑稽；幽默；诙谐的言行
英汉例句
- I tried to inject a little jocularity into my voice: “Well, why not?
我尽量在话语中插入诙谐的语调：“哦，为什么不呢? - The unaccountable depression that possessed Philpot deprived him of all his usual jocularity and filled him with melancholy thoughts.
一种难以形容的沮丧心情使菲尔波特失去了平时那种诙谐乐观的性格，他心中愁绪万端。 - He loved the poetry of Walt Whitman and the prose of Zane Grey , the stillness of a game of chess and the jocularity of a game of cards , the sea and the desert .
他既喜爱沃尔特·惠特曼的诗歌，也欣赏赞恩·格雷的散文；既喜欢玩国际象棋时的安静，也享受玩纸牌时的热闹；既向往大海，对沙漠也甘之如饴。 - He is abject. He is a shining example of moral leprosy, a mixture of ferocity and jocularity that betrays supreme misery, perhaps, but is not conducive to attractiveness.
他很卑鄙，他是道德败坏的典型，他是凶残和,滑稽的结合体，背叛了至高的痛苦，但也并不吸引人。
耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选 - Yet he chronicles his travels with a wearying feather-light jocularity, prizing one-liners over lucid analysis.
ECONOMIST: The secret of happiness