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

• He is sophisticated enough to laugh things off and let bygones be bygones.
  他成熟老练，对事一笑了之，既往不咎。
• 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。
• 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。
• Just think of it I Ike that and laugh it off.
  想想看，笑笑就过去了。
• He could only laugh off the spilled dinner.
  他只能对打翻的晚餐一笑置之。
• Please, this is important, don't laugh it off.
  请注意，这点很重要，不要一笑了之。
• 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。
• Everything is clutch, success or failure so simple as a change of seasons, it is the natural choice, we have no choice, in addition to choose to laugh it off.
  聚散离合、得失成败简单得如季节个更迭，那是自然的选择，我们便无可选择，除了选择一笑而过。