gallows humor

gallows humor

美 　英

• na.〈美〉凄慘的幽默；充滿怨恨的幽默
• 網絡絞架幽默；黑色幽默；化解嚴重場面或僵局的幽默

英漢解釋

na.	1. 〈美〉凄慘的幽默;充滿怨恨的幽默

英英解釋

n.	1. humor about unpleasant or serious things such as death or disease

例句

If it weren't so tragic, the current European crisis would be funny, in a gallows-humor sort of way.

按照一種黑色幽默的說法，假如歐洲當前的危機不是那么悲慘，那一定是非常滑稽。

You see what I mean about the situation being funny in a gallows-humor fashion?

現在您明白了我說的按照黑色幽默的說法，形勢非常滑稽的意思了吧？

There's a reason it's often a reaction to an uncomfortable situation, and that we have dark or gallows humor.

也正因為這樣，笑常常是對不安環境的反應，所以我們有了黑色幽默。

With so much bad news in the workplace, gallows humor is making a comeback.

工作場所的壞消息如此之多，黑色幽默又卷土重來了。

But psychologists say that gallows humor can be an important way to relieve stress.

但心理學家們認為，黑色幽默可能成為一種重要的解壓方式。

Thus my excuse for the gallows humor that pervades this story.

因此，我國借口絞刑架幽默貫穿這個故事。

The topic of the guidelines became a platform for the spontaneous gallows humor that is characteristic of China's microblogging masses.

指南話題成為了網民自編冷笑話的平臺，而這正是中國微博用戶群的一大特色。