The images were being used to poke fun at the jury's ruling that the South Korean firm had copied the shape of Apple's wildly popular iPhone, which ( like most) is rectangular with curved corners.

Portuguese Olympic cross-country skier Danny Silva said these events bring out the best in the usually sombre Finns, letting them goof off, dress up, and poke fun at themselves.

葡萄牙奥运越野滑雪选手丹尼•席尔瓦说，这些新奇的比赛激发出了芬兰人的热情，这些长期笼罩在阴郁（冬日）里的人们打扮一新，自娱自乐，轻松愉快。

At one of the Washington correspondent's dinners, that ability to poke fun at himself seemed to be the primary thing the media responded to favorably.

在一次华盛顿记者晚宴上，拿自己开涮的能力似乎成了媒体正面报道的主要素材。

Shirts designed by Dan McCall poke fun at the NSA as "the only part of the government that actually listens."

丹·麦考尔所设计的衬衫取笑国家安全局为“政府唯一一个只会监听的机构。”

You may even poke fun at yourself or let other people make jokes about you because you are able to mentally draw the line between humor and degradation.

甚至你会自嘲或让别人取笑你，因为你能够很清晰地分辨幽默与讽刺的区别。

Again and again these feminist lexicographyers refuse and indeed poke fun at the mainstream lexicography.

这些推崇女权主义的词典编纂者们一次次地拒绝，甚至取笑主流词典编纂学的做法。

It has been a long-standing practice to poke fun at our cultural icons, symbols, public figures and celebrities.

拿文化偶像、标志、公众人物和名人来开涮，历来有之。

Chua tried to paint a self-effacing portrait and use humour to poke fun at her shortcomings.

蔡美儿试图描绘一副低调的画像，并利用幽默取笑自己的短处。

The ability to distance from the everyday challenges of being in a relationship, and even poke fun at them, can bring long-term stability.

距离的能力将自己从日常生活中解脱出来，甚至取笑别人，从而保持长期稳定。

It goes on to poke fun at British cuisine, drinking-habits and sport.

小报还那英国的美食、酒文化以及体育开涮。

It is easy to poke fun at the idea of forcing high-flying executives to read the classics.

强迫这些明日之星阅读经典，这很容易遭到取笑。

And so we wanted to sort of poke fun at that as well as poke fun at the industry in general.

因此，我们想要嘲讽这种现象，也想嘲讽整个娱乐产业。

The central meaning shared by these verbs is "to poke fun at good-humoredly"

这些动词的中心意思都有“善意地取笑”

Example: You shouldn't poke fun at him just because he can't ride a bicycle.

你不应该只是因为他不会骑车就取笑他。

Mind you, people at international conferences love to criticize America, poke fun at America and complain about America.

请注意。出席国际会议的人士都喜欢批评、取笑、抱怨美国。

It's easy to poke fun at some of these outlandish readings.

这些古怪的解读很容易被人嘲笑。

We all poke fun at her because she wears such a strange hat.

我们大家都笑她戴这么一顶古怪的帽子。

Stop taking life and conversations so seriously and learn to open up, and poke fun at yourself and others.

不要老是把生活和谈话搞得过于严肃和认真，试着敞开自己的心灵，在调侃你自己和别人的玩笑话中制造快乐。

My friends often poke fun at my accent.

朋友们常常打趣我的口音。

He's even more willing to poke fun at himself.

他现在甚至比较愿意自我解嘲了。

In recent years, with the changes in the corporate philosophy, packaging companies are playing the card" environemental protection, green", and facing more and more competitions in business.

近年来，各企业转变经营理念，包装公司都打环保，绿色牌，各企业的竞争更加激烈。