as a joke

He seemed to regard the whole thing as a joke.

他似乎是把整件事当成玩笑。

They treated my suggestion as a joke.

他们把我的建议当作笑料.

I'm sure his remarks were meant as a joke!

他说的准是玩话吧？

He was treating the whole thing as a joke.

他把整个事情当作区区小事.

As a joke, John set back the clock a whole hour.

约翰恶作剧, 把钟拨慢了整整1个小时.

He intended it as a joke.

他只想开个玩笑。

It started as a joke, he says with a laugh.

“一开始这只是一个玩笑”，他笑着说。

He bayed out sentences as a joke in class.

他在课堂上开玩笑,故意说话拖音.

Paddy Power floated the idea as a joke but it generated so much interest and hundreds of requests to take part that the Dublin-based company decided to organize a contest.

Paddy Power最初只是当个玩笑提出了这个想法，但没想到却引起众多人的兴趣数百名人要求参加比赛最后Power所在都柏林的公司决定举办一场“脱衣扑克牌大赛”。

Last night, my friend Andy and I, we went to go get cronuts, and I said that they were so amazing, I wanted to marry one, so I posted it on facebook as a joke.

昨晚，我的朋友安迪和我一起去买甜甜圈，我说那些甜甜圈太好吃了，我真想嫁给它，所以我当笑话发到Facebook上的。

His colleagues regard him as a joke.

他的同事们把他当作取笑的对象.

Anglia TV made a statement the day after the program that it had been intended as a joke.

英吉利电视台在节目播出后发表声明称它是一场有意制造的玩笑。

I meant it merely as a joke.

我原意只不过是开个玩笑.

I decided to treat his remark as a joke, eg instead of being offended by it.

我把他的话当作玩笑话(如不为此生气).

The priest accepted it as a joke.

教士不做声,当它是个笑话.

I applied as a joke, and they let me in.

我开玩笑地申请，他们却让我入学。

As a joke, they doused him with a bucket of water.

他们开玩笑, 把一桶水泼到他身上了.

It wasn't supposed to be a comedy but I found it hysterically funny.

这本来不是一出喜剧，但我却觉得非常滑稽。

No one could determine whether his words were spoken in earnest or as a joke.

没人能断定他的话是认真的还是在开玩笑。

Liz meant it as a joke but it fell flat.

利兹本想开个玩笑，结果却没有达到效果。

She hated his familiarity, but passed it off as a joke.

她讨厌他那种亲昵的态度, 但一笑置之.

An "opposite" term of DINK, mainly intended as a joke, is SITCOM: Single income, two children, oppressive mortgage.

有些人开玩笑的早出了一个DINK的反义词SITCOM，表示单收入，有两个孩子以及沉重房贷负担的家庭。

They dunked her in the swimming-pool as a joke.

他们跟她开玩笑,把她往游泳池里浸了一下.

We had better treat it as a joke.

我们最好把它当作玩笑.

Liz meant it as a joke but it fell flat

利兹本想开个玩笑，结果却没有达到效果。

He said this as a joke.

他说这话是开玩笑的.

I only did it as a joke.

我只是开个玩笑而已。

I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke.

我认为他参加市长竞选就是一场闹剧.

Do not treat this serious matter as a joke.

不要把这件严肃的事情当作笑料.

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。