商务英语：今日热词——爱开玩笑的
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2016年09月02日
EXAMPLE: My normally silent and serious relatives often become talkative and quite jocular at family birthday parties.
在家庭的生日聚会上，我的那些一般不爱说话、很严肃的亲戚们经常变得健谈，很爱开玩笑。
在家庭的生日聚会上，我的那些一般不爱说话、很严肃的亲戚们经常变得健谈，很爱开玩笑。
今日单词：
| 单词 |
jocular |
| 中文释义 |
爱开玩笑的（形容词） |
| 英文释义 |
(adjective) Tending to make jokes often and to behave in a lighthearted manner. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: My normally silent and serious relatives often become talkative and quite jocular at family birthday parties. 在家庭的生日聚会上，我的那些一般不爱说话、很严肃的亲戚们经常变得健谈，很爱开玩笑。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 | paper pusher |
| 中文释义 |
没能耐的人（非正式） |
| 英文释义 |
(INFORMAL) A person who works in an office and handles routine information on paper all day. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: I work in an office, so my brother, an energetic sales representative who travels a lot each day, often teases me by saying I'm just a paper pusher. 我坐在办公室里工作，而我的兄弟是一位精力充沛的销售代表，每天都在四处奔波，他经常取笑我，说我没能耐。 |
