1. The doctors are not entirely sympathetic, "If there was a surgery to enlarge brains, we would offer him a free trial," they quip. 医生们并不太同情,他们讽刺说:“如果有个手术能使大脑变大的话,我们很愿意给他免费试用。”
2. Oh, that Ken Jennings, always quick with a quip. 噢,那个总是机敏而幽默的肯詹宁斯。
3. Oscar Wilde's quip now sounds hopelessly out of date. 奥斯卡·王尔德此言虽妙,而今听来却彻头彻尾过时了。
4. Now psychologists have found that his quip bears the hallmark of truth. 现在许多心理学家认为,他的这句名言承载有许多哲学真理。
5. Her quip, written in 1962, was inspired by underemployment in South-East Asia. 她在1962年写下了这句妙语,她当时是受东南亚各国失业率启发。