in jest

基本解釋

Khrushchev: [In jest] You look very angry, as if you want to fight me.
赫魯曉夫：（開(kāi)玩笑的口氣）你看上去很生氣嗎，一副想揍我的模樣。
But if he speaks in jest, his words are idle among men who cannot receive them.
但如果他是在開(kāi)玩笑，那麼他的話語(yǔ)在那些無(wú)法理解的人們中就變得空虛了。
Khrushchev: [In jest] You look very angry, as if you want to fight me. Are you still angry?
赫魯曉夫：（開(kāi)玩笑的口氣）你看上去很生氣嗎，一副想揍我的模樣。你還在生氣嗎？

So you know I say half in jest but it's actually really sad.
這話雖然是半開(kāi)玩笑，但其實(shí)很可悲。
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