gallows humor

gallows humor

美 　英

• na.〈美〉凄惨的幽默；充满怨恨的幽默
• 网络绞架幽默；黑色幽默；化解严重场面或僵局的幽默

英汉解释

na.	1. 〈美〉凄惨的幽默;充满怨恨的幽默

英英解释

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.

按照一种黑色幽默的说法，假如欧洲当前的危机不是那么悲惨，那一定是非常滑稽。

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

现在您明白了我说的按照黑色幽默的说法，形势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.

也正因为这样，笑常常是对不安环境的反应，所以我们有了黑色幽默。

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

工作场所的坏消息如此之多，黑色幽默又卷土重来了。

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

但心理学家们认为，黑色幽默可能成为一种重要的解压方式。

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

因此，我国借口绞刑架幽默贯穿这个故事。

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

指南话题成为了网民自编冷笑话的平台，而这正是中国微博用户群的一大特色。