| 词汇 | example_english_jest |
| 释义 | Examples of jestThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Each of the fool's jests is preceded by a poem that describes the fool in detail with particular emphasis on his physical appearance and the nature of his mental shortcomings. The verb est' "eat" takes a different prefix to signal telicity: s-jest'. There must always be a hidden profundity within the humorist's jest. Later he was to comment, only partly in jest, that television lectures were an easy way to write books. More specifically, it is important to ask what exactly is the nature of the humorous jest. Now supposing the revocation of the whole text at the end is itself a kind of jest ? In these cases verse takes on another dimension of seriousness by its juxtaposition with the prose of jest and the evasion of responsibilities. In fact, the jest reveals a level of mental compulsion that verges on psychosis. They are endured as tolerances for pain and ambiguity permit, and then dismissed - sometimes with solemnity, sometimes with a jest - from sight and mind. Everything is just disguise, play, jest, flirtation and irony: things that ought to be in every way more difficult to grasp than the usual ordinariness of life. However, it is also a result of his seemingly unquenchable appetite - in a further jest discussed below he destroys the dairy while glutting himself on its contents. I chaffed about their going and made jests about it, but since they came back they have written reports of 30,000 words each. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Inexpensive jests about hypothetical millionaires have very little in them beyond the amusement of the moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have been jesting, but there is a serious issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the oldest jests in history is the silly excuse for the unwanted child. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot help thinking that he might have done with fewer inimitable jests and more serious dealing with the problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that people were jesting when they talked about the local community centre, but they have a good point in respect of rural areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He would find that this was no laughing matter and no subject for jesting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not seek to trade jests with him for this is a serious matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not tell that story in any jesting sense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I will not make any more jests. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely he was just jesting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Energy was replaced by trance, the dynamic with the static, happy jesting humour with bitter and glum satire. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Like the gentlemen in the previous jest, they do not respond with the generosity of their master. Citing several of his traumatic storylines they jested no wonder he got the heck out of there. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. On her website she jests that she talks to her plants and has had moderate success at being a starving artist. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He then became a notorious criminal renowned for his magnificent, if often grotesque and horrifying, jests. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Concealed satire and open jesting are the combined elements of this work. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The practice of it, in spite of popular jests, tends to make good citizens and good men. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Tomkinson jests, but of late there is made a new discovery of another world placed in the moon and as habitable as this is. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The jesting lyrics of the mid-18th century would assume a material and patriotic significance by the end of the 19th century. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Balatrones were paid for their jests, and the tables of the wealthy were generally open to them for the sake of the amusement they afforded. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Though amusing, some complained that this jesting nevertheless did little to further the cause for keeping the line open. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. One of his jests was to be presented hidden in a giant pie from which he would leap out. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The howling of the mob, the tocsin, the revolting sayings and jests, are marvellously depicted. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In majority of the cases, ragging implies that seniors mocking and jesting at freshers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Jest's two classic wins meant that she had to carry weight penalties her two remaining races. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He loves jesting, has a cheerful personality and his behaviour, which includes frequenting shops, is uncharacteristic of a hospital director. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Abridgements of ancient historians, popular medieval histories of knights, stories of comical heroes, religious legends, and collections of jests and fables were the principal historical subject matter. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The material of these farces is extremely raw, consisting of rough jests at the expense of priests and foolish husbands, silly old men and their light wives. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Close, in the name of jesting! From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Are you jesting or smiting in earnest? From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I was simply jesting with you. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He did say, though in jest, what appears to me to be a real wholesome truth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any answer they provide may help deal with what would otherwise be the constant riddle of the mill or the jest of the canteen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has an absolutely monumental knowledge of this sub-jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are told that that was a jest, but many a true word is spoken in jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The limited information that the tribunal can give an individual is the subject of much jest—he can be told only that nothing unlawful has occurred. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He must have been a man of infinite jest to think that he could get away with this lot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I concede the point straight away; it was a pleasant jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall resist the temptation to make an inappropriate and politically incorrect jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We find in literature, in the drama, and in life, that adultery is regarded as a jest and divorce as a mere unimportant incident. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I say that out of a sense of jest rather than anything else. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that reply was intended as a pleasant jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope, therefore, that my noble friend will withdraw that remark, whether he made it in jest or otherwise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that that was said in another context, but this is not a subject for jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I wondered whether there was not some grim jest behind that placing of the titles of the different articles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I say that partly in jest, but partly also to bring home the difficulties when we have funded provisions which concern the expectation of life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I jest in that regard but it is a serious point. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I made the point in jest because turnout in my constituency fell by a worrying amount. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Oh, no; no one treats it as a jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand from later correspondence that this was made in jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is many a true word spoken in jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would not jest on such a matter as that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no jest about this; we must have a representative of the export trade on the board. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have had under consideration for some time the question of holding a representative conference for the exploration of this sub- jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely it is not a matter to be turned off with a passing jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One can jest about such issues, but that is a good example of real partnership and looking for ways to deal with the epidemic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I make this not as a point of jest but as one of substance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, one should not jest too much, because the sums involved are very substantial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As he put it, in jest, not much commercial activity is likely to be generated in woodwork and plastering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, it is said that many a true word is spoken in jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They conceded nothing, and they did nothing except to gibe and jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He had no regard, at any rate, for my private feelings when he commenced his speech with a ribald jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People can rest assured that the industrial action was not taken in jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many a true word is spoken in jest, but the klaxon is a necessary safety precaution, and people who live near the pits accept that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not seeking to jest about this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Words are often spoken in jest or among friends or among a small circle, and no one takes them seriously. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have fought on that platform during the whole of my adult life, and that is not a matter for jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that he made a most unworthy jest of what is a really serious public matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I make the suggestion in jest, but many a true word is spoken in jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My view is that the telegraph system to-day is nothing more than a joke, a jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I speak partly in jest about the beauty of wind generators. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One should not jest about that because the matter is too serious for jesting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He did not jest outside, as the professor is now doing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He made the time-honoured jest about the silent service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the beginning of his speech he made a jest in referring to what commentators had said about his having done nothing to uplift the spirit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What could be a more perfect jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They say that it is not a jest, that this is not a subject for entertainment, that it matters to them, to their livelihoods and to their families. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think he might have saved a little public expenditure if he had not put himself to the trouble of making that jest at my expense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Lawyers usually take it in jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They became a music-hall jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not say that in jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I wonder whether it was a good thing to hold up these things, which mean so much to so many people, as a kind of public jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I say that only partly in jest because company executives pay a great deal of care and attention when arts events are being used to promote their businesses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I could take that as a jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I put forward those suggestions in jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have developed into a kind of infernal game which those belonging to approximately the same social bracket and who mix together jest upon and enjoy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A humorist must also feel that it is hard that on the one occasion when he does a bit of serious work it should be taken as a jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I offered that observation in jest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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