“一部iPad”，我冒险的半开玩笑地说。
这是半开玩笑地说的。
“我们正在做一项调查，”她半开玩笑地说。
母亲半开玩笑地说。
不要对此太认真，她只是半开玩笑地说这话的。
Don't take her so seriously, that was just a tongue-in-cheek remark.
“我和你说过的，”女孩半开玩笑地说，而天使只是低着头。
“我们正在作一项调查，”她半开玩笑地说，“你觉得我应该要个小孩吗？”
"We're taking a survey." she says, half-joking. "Do you think I should have a baby?"
他们知道这项研究中，我的朋友半开玩笑地说，“现在，我知道为什么有这么多的人在健身房工作了！”
After knowing this study, my friend half jokingly said, "now, I know why so many men working out at the gym!"
我亦提到，内子和我计划离开芝加哥几个月，但尚未知道栖身之所，于是我半开玩笑地说：「我们可能无家可归呢。」
I also mentioned that my wife and I were scheduled to be away for a few months while not knowing where we'd be staying. And with that I said, flippantly, "We might be homeless."
那天下课后，老罔达抓住我，对我半开玩笑地说：“矿，你搞的那个东西很具有创造力。但是你知道那里有一条线吗？”
Later that day, Brother grabbed me and said with a big grin, "that was very creative Kuan, but you are walking the line."
“修女，”我半开玩笑地说，“谁知道还会发生什么变化呢，为什么，也许未来的某个罗马教皇会做出决定允许修女结婚呢。”
"Sister," I said, half in jest, "who knows what changes are yet to come. Why, some future Pope may decide to allow nuns to marry!"
这个人说："自从祖母去世后，祖父非常伤心，他对生活失去了一切兴趣，都不愿意起床吃饭。"To eat one’sheartout还可以用在另一种场合，也就是半开玩笑地让别人对你产生妒忌。你听了下面这个例子就会明白它的意思了。这是一个大学生在对他的要好朋友说话
Ever since grandmother died, grandfather has been eating his heart out--he’s lost all interest in life and won’t even get out of bed to eat.
我转过身，半开玩笑地对安迪说：“我们可以把培根放在甜甜圈上(一起吃)。”
I turned to him and said something like, "We could probably put the bacon on the donuts." I was half joking.
我转过身，半开玩笑地对安迪说：“我们可以把培根放在甜甜圈上(一起吃)。”
I turned to him and said something like, "We could probably put the bacon on the donuts." I was half joking.
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