我终于到了我们戏称为文明之地的地方。

I finally reached what we laughingly call civilization.

《牛津词典》

比利时演员让•克劳德•范•达默被戏称为“布鲁塞尔的肌肉”。

The Belgian actor Jean Claude Van Damme has been dubbed 'Muscles from Brussels'.

《牛津词典》

我把我戏称为“假期”的大部分时间都花在那621页的打字稿上了。

I spent much of what I laughingly call "the vacations" working through 621 pages of typescript.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He had this thing called the drunken assembly, which was in a way kind of a mockery of parliamentary representations where his cronies would come and just get wasted and would make all sorts of flamboyant proclamations that seemed to represent what a real parliament would do.

他有个被戏称为"酒鬼议会"的东西,这个"酒鬼议会"是对议会代表们的嘲弄,他们也会开会,但不过是浪费时间,还发表一些冠冕堂皇的声明,就好像一个真正的议会似的

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