He jests at scars that never felt a wound.

[谚] 没有受过伤的人总爱嘲笑别人的伤疤; 未经痛苦的人不懂得同情别人。

He jests at scars, that never felt a wound.

富人不知穷人苦。

He jests at scars that never felt a wound.

没有受过伤的人才嘲笑别人的伤痕。

Yet here were the very men who had laughed the loudest at his jests ,now flourishing their fists in his face,loading him with imprecations,and defying him to his teeth as a villain!

然而正是这些对他的笑话笑得声音最大的人,如今在这里挥舞拳头,不断诅咒他,公然说他是个恶棍!

Their jests made everyone laugh.

他们说的俏皮话逗得大家哈哈大笑。

All jests aside, we’re in big trouble

玩笑归玩笑,我们遇到了大麻烦

All jests aside,we're in big trouble.A witticism is a witty,usually cleverly phrased remark

玩笑归玩笑,我们遇到了大麻烦。指一句风趣的,通常措辞巧妙的语句

No Merry Andrew, to stir up the multitude with jests , perhaps hundreds of years old, but still effective, by their appeals to the very broadest sources of mirthful sympathy.

也没有逗得大家哄堂大笑的"快乐的安德鲁"说那些由于笑料选出、虽已流传上百年、仍让人百听不厌的笑话。

For when mine hours/Were nice and lucky, men did ransom lives/Of me for jests

因为当我的时间/是肆意且幸运的时候,人们将我的赎罪生活/视作笑柄

To salt one's language with jests (poems).

语言中加入笑料(诗句)使之增色

||1:Modern parents see risks that their own parents never considered.||2:They put gates at the top of stairs, affix cushions to table corners and jam plastic guards into sockets to stop small fingers from getting electrocuted.||3:Those guards are “potential choking hazards”, jests Lenore Skenazy, the author of “Free-Range Kids”.||4:Ms Skenazy let her nine-year-old son ride the New York subway on his own.||5:He was thrilled; but when she spoke about it on TV, a mob of worrywarts called her “America's worst mom”.

||1:现在的父母看到了他们上一辈从未注意到过的危险。||2:他们把大门安在楼梯顶上，给桌子安上桌角防撞贴，给插座插上保护盖以防止孩子的小手指触电。||3:《自由放养孩子》一书作者Lenore Skenazy开玩笑的说，这些防护装置有潜在的窒息危险。||4:Skenazy让她九岁的孩子自己乘坐纽约的地铁。||5:孩子因此非常激动，但当Skenazy在电视上讲到此事，一群杞人忧天人士则说她是“美国最糟糕的母亲”。

Eyes and priests bear no jests .

人的眼睛和牧师一样，都不会讲笑话。

Then more talk arose among them, and one or two of them made jests at him and brought him to laugh with them;

随后他们继续在一起聊天，其中一两个人还和他开起了玩笑，把他逗得跟他们一起笑了起来。

Joe Miller’s Jests

笑话集<1793年出版>

dirty jests;obscene jests;coarse jokes

下流的玩笑

He jests at scars that never felt a wound

富人不知穷人苦