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

• 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。
• We could but laugh off his suspicions.
  我们只好以笑声来排除他的疑心。
• ( 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。
• He could only laugh off the spilled dinner.
  他只能对打翻的晚餐一笑置之。
• 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。
• I think you can just be entertained and laugh her off, he said.
  我认为娱乐娱乐，笑话笑话她就行了，他说。
• Surely they can't laugh off a loss of& 100.
  当然，他们不能对100英镑的损失一笑了之。
• 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。
• The girl was brave enough to laugh off her pain.
  这姑娘很勇敢，把痛不当回事。
• 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。