[something] is not a joke是什麼意思?

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Rebecca
This is not a joke為口語用法,意思是希望某人要嚴肅看待某事,此處小班希望小玫要認真看待此事。 例:This isn't a joke. I'm being serious here. (別開玩笑了!我是認真的。) 例:She wasn't joking. It turned out that her crazy story was completely true. (她不是在開玩笑,她講得瘋狂故事都是真的!)