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词汇 example_english_bad-joke
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bad joke

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meanings of badand joke


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bad
adjective
uk /bæd/ us /bæd/
unpleasant and ...
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joke
noun
uk /dʒəʊk/ us /dʒoʊk/
something, such as a funny story or trick, that is said or done in order to make ...
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Examples of bad joke


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They are not a badjoke.
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Safety enforcement in road haulage is a badjoke.
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Many of the comparisons become nothing but a badjoke.
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At the moment, it is seen as a badjoke.
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The youth training guarantee is a badjoke.
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He tried hard, but it is a very badjoke.
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I can only look on this sub-paragraph as a badjoke.
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As a means of ensuring discipline, this has largely become a badjoke.
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Depreciation allowances today are a badjoke; they have no value whatever.
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It is still a bit of a badjoke in this country.
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That may be a badjoke, but it is one joke at least in the debate.
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That is a bit of a joke, a badjoke, too.
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In the eyes of these staff, the child benefit scheme has become a badjoke.
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It is the sum total of their commitment, and it is something of a badjoke.
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The years of delay and the unfulfilled promises have now become a badjoke in the fire service.
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After so many debates and so little progress, it seems to have turned into a badjoke.
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That joke in various forms has made the fortune of a good many comic papers, but it is certainly a very badjoke to-day.
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They might prevent the odd tasteless remark or badjoke, which most of us make from time to time, turning into a constitutional crisis.
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The press, too, was unanimous in condemning what seemed like a badjoke.
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This recording was often used as a reaction to a badjoke.
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The labour exchanges of the old department were a badjoke, and anybody who was in industry at the time will tell you that that was so.
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Is it surprising, in view of these kinds of incidents, that the fifteen days' training is becoming increasingly to be regarded by the men as a badjoke?
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One may regard her as a badjoke or as a social pest; one may even think of her, quite wrongly, as a thing rather than a person.
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But once you get into the whole leather and stud thing it was a badjoke that got way out of hand.
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Squidly is a jester locked in the dungeon for telling a badjoke that causes the king to have a stroke.
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