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'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。
• 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。
• Surely they cannot laugh off a loss of& 100.
  当然他们不能用笑来逃避100镑的损失。
• The girl was brave enough to laugh off her pain.
  这姑娘很勇敢，把痛不当回事。
• Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly.
  现在，也许有些人会笑着让它过去并且责备孩子的无知。
• 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。
• We could but laugh off his suspicions.
  我们只好以笑声来排除他的疑心。
• An actor has to learn to laugh off bad reviews.
  演员需学会能对贬斥性评论一笑置之的本事。
• 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。
• Most of the time he can laugh it off, but not always.
  大多数时间他能对此一笑而过，但也并不总能这么洒脱。