laugh off

<非正>一笑置之; 以笑来驱除[消除]; <非正>痛快地笑; 以笑声使离开

1. 用笑摆脱(困境等)：laugh at 因...而发笑;嘲笑 | laugh off 用笑摆脱(困境等) | laugh over 笑着谈论

2. 一笑置之;把...当儿戏：lack of 不够;不足;没有 | laugh off 一笑置之;把...当儿戏 | lay down 放下;放弃(想法态度等拟订(计划等兴建;规定;制定

3. 用笑摆脱：laugh line 笑纹 | laugh off 用笑摆脱 | laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth 转喜为忧

4. 对...付之一笑; 以笑来排除：laugh fit to kill [口]拼命地笑, 狂笑 | laugh off 对...付之一笑; 以笑来排除... | laugh over 笑着谈论; 想着...发笑

1. 对…一笑置之；笑言以对
    If you laugh off a difficult or serious situation, you try to suggest that it is amusing and unimportant, for example by making a joke about it.

    e.g. The couple laughed off rumours that their marriage was in trouble...
           夫妻两人对他们婚姻出现问题的谣言一笑置之。
    e.g. Whilst I used to laugh it off, I'm now getting irritated by it.
           这种事情我从前会付之一笑，但现在开始觉得挺烦的。

1. Bush's face reddened as he tried to laugh off the remark.

2. Ask any man if he'd wear a piece of clothing that combined underpants and stockings and he'd laugh his boxers off.

3. You'll probably laugh it off as stupid if I say that banquets in China have grown less sumptuous in the past two decades.

4. You can either laugh it off by talking about something else, or indicate your unwillingness to reply in a roundabout way.

5. My friends and I laugh and chat on a boat ride to a small islet off the coast of southern Zhejiang province.

6. Kaiser said many people didn't even move when they were splashed by the waves and instead seemed to laugh it off.

7. Chinese marketers would laugh their heads off if their online pluggers were so foolish as to announce their true identity.

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8. Actor Keanu Reeves is philosophical about reports questioning his sexuality and prefers to laugh off such rumours.

9. It would be so easy to laugh him off as a joke.

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