| 词汇 | levity |
| 释义 | levity noun[ U ] formaluk /ˈlev.ə.ti/ us /ˈlev.ə.t̬i/ humour or lack of seriousness, especially during a serious occasion: 消遣;轻率 a brief moment of levity amid the solemn proceedings严肃议程中的轻松一刻 Humour & humorous amusingly bitingly blackly bone dryidiom bring coruscating drily gag GSOH jocose lightly mordancy non-serious pawky photobomb photobombing rib standing joke wag wisecrack levity | American Dictionarylevity noun[ U ] us/ˈlev·ɪ·t̬i/ amusement or lack of seriousness: a moment of levity Examples of levitylevity Sometimes, this conclusion can have a supercilious air - niceness can easily be reduced to levity or fecklessness. What connection is there between levity and heat, or gravity and cold? The first is one of levity. He treated it with a little levity at one stage in his speech. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She needs to treat the matter with some seriousness, not levity, in her winding-up speech. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one has accused him, or ever would, of levity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think the levity on the other side is rather misplaced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it should not be treated with levity because, generally speaking, such people are dependent on the legacy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The trouble with this subject is that it introduces a certain amount of levity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The matter is taken with that amount of levity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I thank him for bringing yet more levity to our proceedings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But he still seems to treat these problems of industry with a certain amount of mirth and levity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a great deal more levity about anything affecting the miners than about any other industry in the kingdom. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a small streak of levity in some of the speeches; but they have been none the worse for that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These are serious matters, though we may treat them with a certain degree of levity at this time of night. 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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