no joke

名词 n. 短语

中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.

Something that should be taken seriously; not something that should be laughed about.

— But, sir, it is not a farce to the Canadian people; it is no joke to the Canadian tax-payer. If it is either a farce or a joke, they must foot the bill. No , it is no joke to them; it is something else, and something a great deal worse .
Something that is unusually difficult or painful. informal

— In addition, Papa was no doubt influenced by his obsession that life is hard, is meant to be hard, and is no joke at all.

短语

Emphasizing the seriousness or truthfulness of a statement.

— No joke: In February, single copy sales spiked an average 1,116 weekdays and 1,600 on Sundays, an increase Castaneda says can be attributed at least in part to the custody and asylum struggle over the six-year-old Cuban shipwreck survivor.