wry

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  • adj.啼笑皆非的；挖苦的；讽刺的；揶揄的
  • Web扭曲的；歪斜的；扭歪的
Comparative Degree：wrier  Comparative Degree：wryer  Superlative：wriest  Superlative：wryest  

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wry
adj.
1.
啼笑皆非的showing that you are both amused and disappointed or annoyed
‘At least we got one vote,’ she said with a wry smile.
“我们起码还得了一票。”她苦笑着解嘲道。
He pulled a wry face when I asked him how it had gone.
我问他近况如何，他有些哭笑不得。
2.
挖苦的；讽刺的；揶揄的amusing in a way that shows irony
a wry comedy about family life
关于家庭生活的讽刺喜剧
a wry comment
挖苦的评论
wry humour
冷嘲式的幽默

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AllAll,啼笑皆非的啼笑皆非的,挖苦的挖苦的,讽刺的讽刺的,揶揄的揶揄的,扭曲的扭曲的,歪斜的歪斜的,扭歪的扭歪的
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1.
Whenever I looked over at Keith, he would gleam his teeth at me and shake his head all wry, as if to say, "Odd job of work, isn't it? "
每次我一看基斯，他就亮出大牙，向我摇头苦笑，仿佛在说：“这差事够奇怪的，是不是？”
měi cì wǒ yī kàn jī sī , tā jiù liàng chū dà yá , xiàng wǒ yáo tóu kǔ xiào , fǎng fú zài shuō : " zhè chāi shi gòu qí guài de , shì bu shì ? "
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2.
But, I hope that each one of them will if not make you at least laugh, bring a wry smile to your face and to your heart.
但是我希望它们即使没有让你开怀大笑，也会带给你有浅浅的一笑和心灵上的愉悦。
dàn shì wǒ xī wàng tā men jí shǐ méi yǒu ràng nǐ kāi huái dà xiào , yě huì dài gěi nǐ yǒu qiǎn qiǎn de yī xiào hé xīn líng shàng de yú yuè 。
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3.
"Well, so far no houses have collapsed, " she said with a wry laugh.
“好吧，到目前为止，还没有房子倒塌，”她面带苦笑地说。
" hǎo ba , dào mù qián wéi zhǐ , hái méi yǒu fáng zi dǎo tā , " tā miàn dài kǔ xiào de shuō 。
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4.
You're always laughing at my battle tactics. Well, this one of them, " Chueh-hsin sat up and replied with a wry smile. "
“你时常笑我的战略，这也就是我的一个战略，”觉新坐起来，苦笑道。
" nǐ shí cháng xiào wǒ de zhàn lüè , zhè yě jiù shì wǒ de yī gè zhàn lüè , " jué xīn zuò qǐ lái , kǔ xiào dào 。
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5.
When visitors do cross paths, the exchange is often marked with a knowing smile, a wry bewilderment. And also a sense of wonder.
参观者们穿行而过时，彼此交换的会心一笑，常常混杂着扭曲的迷惑和惊奇感。
cān guān zhě men chuān xíng ér guò shí , bǐ cǐ jiāo huàn de huì xīn yī xiào , cháng cháng hùn zá zhe niǔ qū de mí huò hé jīng qí gǎn 。
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6.
After what seemed like hours he came out with a wry smile.
好像过了好几个小时，他终于出来了，脸上挂着苦笑。
hǎo xiàng guò le hǎo jǐ gè xiǎo shí , tā zhōng yú chū lái le , liǎn shàng guà zhe kǔ xiào 。
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7.
As he thought this, even the faint, wry smile vanished from his face .
这么想着的吴荪甫，脸上就连那苦笑的影子也没有了。
zhè me xiǎng zhe de wú sūn fǔ , liǎn shàng jiù lián nà kǔ xiào de yǐng zi yě méi yǒu le 。
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8.
When I asked if it would get any easier, he replied with a wry smile: "Just a little. "
当我问他这是否会变得容易一些时，他苦笑着答道：“有可能会容易一点点吧。”
dāng wǒ wèn tā zhè shì fǒu huì biàn de róng yì yì xiē shí , tā kǔ xiào zhe dá dào : " yǒu kě néng huì róng yì yì diǎn diǎn ba 。 "
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9.
She said this with a wry glance at me.
她说这话时用讽刺的眼光看着我
tā shuō zhè huà shí yòng fěng cì de yǎn guāng kàn zhe wǒ
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10.
Or, as Webb puts it, a wry smile playing across his lips, "Who decided they were constant, anyway? "
或者，当韦伯拿出结果的时候，嘴角绽着一丝苦笑说：“到底是谁定的它们是常数？”
huò zhě , dāng wéi bó ná chū jié guǒ de shí hou , zuǐ jiǎo zhàn zhe yī sī kǔ xiào shuō : " dào dǐ shì shuí dìng de tā men shì cháng shù ? "
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