| 词汇 | example_english_jocular |
| 释义 | Examples of jocularThese 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. Our material contains evidence of stylistic innovation and jocular, creative, even satirical uses that require advanced skills from both the speaker/writer and the audience. First, the narrator frequently intervenes to make jocular and sometimes obscene comments about women's character and anatomy. Even the "jocular" definition has something going for it, but it depends on context; the definition is based on circumstantial evidence. A jocular approach to death is offensive only if it can be expected that the hearer would regard it as such. He was informal, familiar and jocular ; he could be bawdy, coarse and crude. From which a comedian might be inclined to draw a parable, flattering to his profession, of the respective standings of philosophy and his own jocular common sense. The clarinet solos take on a warmer, almost jocular tone, and the strings unveil a gorgeous, folk-flavoured extended melody, sung to sleep by those triplets, now in the celesta. They provide a climax, summing up, condensing and typifying, or mark a change of footing, indicating a closing or a contrast or adding a jocular tone. Of course, the variations described above are possible if one wants to sound jocular or if the sentence is taken literally, in its nonidiomatic sense: consider (a) or (d). Incidentally, it is very rare to find jocular use of prefixes, but mention must be made, and this seems as good a place as any, of underwhelm, "to leave unimpressed". I do not know whether that was intended to be jocular. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I must protest against being treated in this jocular way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, in an almost jocular way, it ignored most of the recommendations that have been made so far. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What about jocular words and uses in other languages? Although he makes a jocular point, it has a serious edge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Interruptions, even jocular, prolong speeches, and there are a fair number to be made before we can retire for the morning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to be too jocular about the subject under discussion, because we have been plagued by this problem for many years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I venture this comment in a slightly jocular vein. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We may be jovial and jocular about one or two of the issues which have arisen, but this is serious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure he would not wish to persist in a remark which, whatever its jocular appeal, would do me an injustice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One can be jocular about things but when alarm is caused the jocularity has to stop and seriousness must take over. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I meant it in a sort of jocular sense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I say quite seriously —it sounds jocular, but it is true—that there are hundreds of thousands of young folk who are worried about the situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard the same argument before, although it was made in a rather jocular manner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to speak in a jocular vain, but it might well be valuable to put the cost on them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a point of principle involved and it is no use trying to be jocular about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although that may seem jocular, there is a lot of truth in it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not mean that in a jocular sense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sorry that we shall not hear one of his jocular contributions this afternoon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He made it in his usual pleasant and jocular way, but it was a telling point. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not wish to be jocular on this question. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He spoke entirely in jocular vein and what he said should not be taken seriously. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then there were his almost insulting remarks about motor launches—at any rate, jocular and frivolous remarks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have not come into this matter in any jocular fashion to-night. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He perpetrates what he believes is a jocular remark and laughs uproariously at it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There have been some jocular exchanges this afternoon, but we are here dealing with a serious matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A jocular remark was made about the electorate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are all aware that some of the commission's activities in recent years have been the subject of jocular press comment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope it is a jocular approach, but there is a kind of desperation in this kind of humour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understood the reference to be somewhat jocular in its tone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a reference to repenting sinners in one of the more jocular contributions to the debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, every responsible newspaper has its correspondence columns to which one can write without jocular editorial comments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do not, however, let us take an entirely jocular view of the value of these organisations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, he was jocular in his reference to the purpose for which we employ accountants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should like to accept it in a jocular sense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You cannot make the same kind of popular, jocular and sentimental speech. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was appalled to hear his jovial, jocular style. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I may have made a few jocular comments, but this is no joke. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although there have been calls for my resignation, they have largely been jocular. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know jocular remarks have been made about co-ordination, and metaphysical discussions have been entered into about the difference between co-ordination and unification. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With all the limitations which we have, in a jocular sense, most people in my constituency and the country do not stoop to subterfuge to evade taxation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He described my remarks as jocular. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were scintillating, almost jocular. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understood the remark to be jocular. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We can all take jocular remarks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot be jocular about the situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In order to take half-jocular threats out of the criminal law it is provided that, to be criminal under this clause, the threat must be intended to be taken seriously. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One meaning is amusing, jocular, droll and the other meaning is odd, quirky, peculiar. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Each level is identifiable by a different colour background and a new jocular tune. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The origin of this initially jocular fantasy lies in the 18th century, and came to be considered factual by some eminent physicians of the day. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The jocular nature of the story is often pointed out and readers are asked to not take the story and its message too seriously. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Most of his epigrams are in praise of wine, and all of them are jocular. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He generally has a jocular nature, but is also caring and dependable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The riddle and both jocular answers date from the 19th century. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. An anticlimax can be intentionally employed only for a jocular or satiric purpose. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The term is generally meant to be taken in a jocular vein. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The discoverer and the institute are jocular names. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His jocular manner disarmed his opponents and charmed his supporters. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He sometimes fired his assistants if they were inappropriately jocular, and once forcibly ejected two prospective clients for imposing restrictions on his design. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When a jocular remark occurred in his hearing he smiled as though he understood and enjoyed it, but never ventured comment to promote further mirth. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Whenever we called on him in his ell we always found him ready to converse in a secular and often jocular strain. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Rococo artists opted for a more jocular, elegant and ornate style, characterized by lightness, elegance and graceful approach to art and architecture. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. With many dances, the singing of jocular verses during the performance served as a way to express feelings or tell a story. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Despite its use as a formal graduation hymn, it is a jocular, light-hearted composition that pokes fun at university life. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is a good citizen and a deservedly esteemed merchant, of cheerful, kind and jocular manners, and beloved amongst his social acquaintances. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Ngamaru was a man of strong personal character, and had the happy knack of settling troublesome matters with a jocular remark. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Typically, the term is used in a pejorative sense to connote disdain, jocular lack of appreciation, or distrust of the message being presented or the efforts undertaken to present it. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The "tenso" is jocular in tone. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is jocular and chases girls. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Jocular or facetious coinages as conscious back-formation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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