A bit like a pyramid scheme, says one British party strategist, only half-joking.

有点像传销，一个英国的党派战略家半玩笑的这样说道。

That was a tongue-in-cheek conclusion from a couple of Australian scientists in 2001 who conducted an experiment on farts.

这个半玩笑的结论出自一对澳洲科学家，他们在2001年做了有关放屁的实验。

Then in 1974, he had everyone laughing with his tongue-in-cheek song making fun of his own life.

1974年，他的歌曲中有对他自己生活半玩笑式的嘲讽，引得所有人笑。

There's always like a sense of irony, kind of a tongue in cheek sort of approach to a lot of what I do.

我做的很多事情都充满了讽刺意味，带着一种荒诞、半玩笑的感觉。

The tone is tongue-in-cheek: He eats a chicken hatched from a steam-heated egg and donates a pound sterling for the benefit of the poor.

语气是半玩笑的：他吃了一只用蒸汽加热的鸡蛋孵化的鸡，并捐出一英镑来造福穷人。

And I only mean that half-jokingly because of all the lay-offs that have been going on in the tech sector over the past few months in response to high interest rates.

我的意思只是半玩笑的意思， 因为过去几个月科技行业一直在裁员以应对高利率。

I had recently published one on Benjamin Franklin and was writing one about Albert Einstein, and my initial reaction was to wonder, half jokingly, whether he saw himself as the natural successor in that sequence.

我刚刚出版了本杰明·富兰克林的传记，正在着手完成阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦的传记。因此我最初的反应是，他是不是把自己看做这些伟人的继承人了，当然这是半玩笑的。

Tongue-in-cheek comments are often used in critiques. They tell something truthful, but in a light-hearted, funny way. You can sometimes get away with a lot by using tongue-in-cheek humor because the truth in it can sometimes be hard to recognize.

半玩笑的言论经常被用在评论中。他们讲一些真实的事情，但是是以一种轻松、有趣的方式。你有时可以用一些半玩笑的幽默来逃避麻烦，因为其中的实情有时很难辨。