He was so vain and reckless that he would break a friendship, rather than not break a jest.

They made a jest of his ignorance.

他们笑话他无知.

Would I jest about such a thing?

这种事我会说着玩吗？

Thus, Rahula, you should train yourself,'I will not tell a deliberate lie even in jest.

因此罗睺罗, 你应当训练自己: ‘ 我决不故意说谎,哪怕于戏笑之中. ’

Don't say that, even in jest.

别那么说，即便是开玩笑也不行。

Don't jest with me, young man.

年轻人,别跟我开玩笑.

He could not divine what her look signified. whether she spoke in earnest or in jest.

他看不透她脸上的表情,究竟她说的是认真的还是戏谑的.

It began as a jest and ended as a tragedy.

事情以玩笑开始,以悲剧告终.

The jest may not prove idle.

看来这不仅仅是个玩笑.

Please don't jest with me.

请别和我开玩笑.

A shout of laughter followed this brutal jest.

这个残酷的玩笑引起了一阵哄堂大笑.

No one could tell whether he was in earnest or in jest.

谁都不知道他是认真的还是在开玩笑。

It was a jest rather than a reproach.

这与其说是责备，还不如说是句玩笑呢。

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

笑话之中有真话.

A true jest is not a jest.

真正的笑话并非笑话.

Her jest has a sting in it.

她的笑话中带刺.

'Ah,'said the other,'that's jest it.

“ 嗯, ” 另一个道:“可真是.

You shouldn't jest about other people's misfortune.

你们不该对别人的不幸幸灾乐祸.

They jested at the idea that man will someday fly to the moon.

他们嘲笑过关于人总有一天要飞到月球上去的想法.

He jested at what is sacred.

他嘲笑神圣的事物.

Again, more happily than she had written for years, she jested.

而且, 她还用比过去几年更快乐的笔调,诙谐地写作.