Roman humorists called that year not the consulship of Caesar and Bibulus, but the consulship of Julius and Caesar.

罗马幽默家称那一年的执政官是朱利叶斯和凯撒，而非凯撒和毕布路斯。

We bought the season pass so we'd get premium seating to " A Night of Sarcasm with Fran Lebowitz."

我们买了季票，因为我们想要最好的座位去听" 幽默家弗兰·拉伯维治的讽刺之夜" 。

He's widely considered to be one of the most important humorists in American history, responsible for creating several world famous novels.

众所周知，他是美国上最伟大的幽默家之一，创了几部世界著的小说。

Ancient Greek funnyman Aristotle is said to have said, " The secret to humor is surprise."

据说，古希腊的幽默 家亚里士多德曾经说过，幽默的秘诀就是惊喜。

Many writers of the day, especially humorists, used pseudonyms, or pen names.

当时的许多家， 尤其是幽默家， 都使用假或笔。

Humorists operate on a deeper current than most people suspect.

幽默家所触及的深层内涵， 往往超出大多数人的想象。

She writes a humorous column, humor is part of her language.

她是个幽默的专栏家 幽默就是她的风格。

Writers of humor live with the knowledge that many of their readers don't know what they are trying to do.

幽默家深知， 许多读者并不明白他们达什么。

In 1974, humorist Erma Bombeck published a syndicated newspaper column that looms over the lives of American mothers whether they've read it or not.

1974年，幽默家艾尔玛·邦贝克在报纸上发了一篇一稿多投的专栏文章，这篇文章堪称概括了所有美国母亲的生活面貌，无论她们看过这篇文章与否。

Next I resurrected A rchy and Mehitabel, by Don Marquis, to show that this influential humorist also used an unorthodox medium—doggerel—for his message.

接下来，我重新发掘了唐·马奎斯的《阿奇与梅希塔贝尔》，以此展示这位有影响力的幽默家同样采用了非传统的媒介——打油诗——来传达他的信息。

Gould—not the well-known New England humorist or the novelist who wrote The Greenleaf Fires but a relation of both, I think—greeted me warily but with some interest.

古德不是那位著的新英格兰幽默家，也不是《绿叶之火》的者，但我想他跟上述二位都是亲戚。他带着几分戒备几分兴趣接待了我。

This heightening of some crazy truth—to a level where it will be seen as crazy—is the essence of what serious humorists are trying to do.

将某些荒谬的真相夸张到显而易见的荒谬程度， 这正是严肃幽默家实现的核心所在。

Of all the current humorists, Garrison Keillor has the surest eye for social change and the most inventive mind for making his point obliquely.

在当今的幽默家中， 加里森·基勒对社会变迁有着最为敏锐的洞察力， 并以最具创意的思维巧妙地达观点。

" Too" when substituted for " very" is clutter: " He didn't feel too much like going shopping." But the wry example in the previous paragraph is worthy of Ring Lardner.

将“too” 替代“very”会造成冗余：“他不太想出去购物。 ” 然而，前一段中那个诙谐的例子却值得Ring Lardner（美国幽默家）的赞赏。

The theory behind it, noted the popular humorist Will Rogers, was that " the money was all appropriated for the top in the hopes it would trickle down to the needy." But it did not trickle down.

流行幽默家威尔·罗杰斯 （Will Rogers） 指出，其背后的理论是，“这笔钱都拨给了高层，希望能流向有需要的人。但它并没有涓涓细流。