1. The audience is bounced from gag to gag and conversation to conversation; there is no time for audience reflection. 插科打诨和一段又一段的对话让观众目不暇接,根本没有时间认真思考。
2. It was just a gag—we didn't mean to upset anyone. 这只是逗着玩—我们并未想使任何人不高兴。
3. Each gag was rewarded with a generous belly-laugh. 每一次插科打诨都引来一阵捧腹大笑。
4. The running gag is that the band never gets to play. 那个流传的笑话说那支乐队从未演奏过。
5. The new laws are seen as an attempt to gag the press. 人们认为新法律企图压制新闻界的言论自由。