" I said: " Any other time you would have laughed at my little pleasantry.
我说：“其他时间你总是被我的妙语逗得大笑。”My attitude toward death was captured by the punch line in an old joke about Sister Jones, the most devout woman in her church.
我对死亡的态度，正好与关于琼斯修女的一个老笑话中的一个妙语不谋而合。If you think to write fine passages, you've got to string together big fancy words and high-flying phrases, forget it.
如果你以为好的文章就是词藻堆积，妙语横生，那你就错了。Isaacs adds that Palin threw in a bit of French with a quick quip of "Merci beaucoup" while leaving one of the centers.
萨克斯还说，佩林法国扔在一个位与中心的快速妙语“谢谢博库”的同时使之一。Four eloquence, sincere words, give us ordinary people going about the implications of the how much valuable! ! ! ! !
四条妙语，精诚之言，给我们凡夫俗子多少可贵的启示！I felt they expected me to say clever things, and I never could think of any till after the party was over.
我知道他们都等着我说几句隽词妙语，可是直到晚会开完了，我仍然想不出什么有风趣的话来。Ms. Merkel responded with a quip of her own: 'And you could look after marketing. '
默克尔用自己的妙语回应道，你可以负责市场营销。Then he wanted to say something so perfect she would be eternally consoled, and realized that wasn't necessary, either.
然后他想说些能令她获得永久慰藉的妙语，但意识到那也是没有必要的。an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line ).
一个有趣事件（通常带有妙语）的叙述。