laugh off

英 [lɑːf ɒf]

美 [læf ɔːf]

对…一笑置之; 对…付之一笑

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 对…一笑置之；笑言以对
  If youlaugh offa difficult or serious situation, you try to suggest that it is amusing and unimportant, for example by making a joke about it.
  1. The couple laughed off rumours that their marriage was in trouble...
     夫妻两人对他们婚姻出现问题的谣言一笑置之。
  2. Whilst I used to laugh it off, I'm now getting irritated by it.
     这种事情我从前会付之一笑，但现在开始觉得挺烦的。

英英释义

verb

• deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it
  1. She laughs away all these problems
  Synonym:laugh away

双语例句

• The girl was brave enough to laugh off her pain.
  这姑娘很勇敢，把痛不当回事。
• Just think of it I Ike that and laugh it off.
  想想看，笑笑就过去了。
• Search for the humor or irony in the situation and laugh it off.
  以幽默或讽刺的方式一笑了之。
• I thought that I would laugh my head off, but I had to stop because my sides hurt.
  我以为我会笑的前仰后合的，但我不停下来，我的身体两侧很痛。
• Why not laugh it off and enjoy yourself anyway?
  为何不一笑了之，使自己开心？
• Jack was caught cheating, but tried to laugh it off.
  杰克作弊被抓，但是他企图借笑来逃过斥责。
• It was an embarrassing situation, but she managed to laugh it off.
  那个场面很尴尬，可她一笑摆脱了窘境。
• He could only laugh off the spilled dinner.
  他只能对打翻的晚餐一笑置之。
• Nor are Parisians allowed to laugh off their codes.
  巴黎人也不能对自己的规矩一笑置之。
• ( He's not above likening the coal-industry spin to the handiwork of Goebbels.) If it were anyone else, Wall Street would probably laugh him off.
  （他未能免俗地将煤炭业的宣传比作是戈培尔的造势之作）。如果换成别人，华尔街很可能对此一笑置之。