When he was just midway across, the little door opened once more, and a gaudily-dressed fellow like a buffoon sprang out, and went rapidly after the first one.

当他走到绳长一半的时候，那扇小门再度开启。 一个身穿彩衣像个小丑的家伙跳了出来，快速走到第一个人的后边。

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They pictured their manager as a buffoon.

他们把经理描绘成一个小丑。

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But to be a buffoon is also to mock the respectable behaviour of the laughing audience.

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They quickly expose him as a phony, a buffoon, and a talentless hack, and then spend the rest of the movie punishing him.

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Over the years, Ballmer has made a buffoon of himself while turning out wrong call after wrong call on products, markets, and people.

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