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宁可不说一句俏皮话，以免得罪朋友们。用英语怎么说？

宁可不说一句俏皮话，以免得罪朋友们。

Better lose a jest than a friend.

相关词汇
better lose jest than friend

better

adj. 较好的，更合适的，能力更强的，好转的；adv. 更好地，更妥，更；v. 胜过，上进；n. 更好者，更有才智者；

lose

vt. 失去，错过，遗失，耽搁；vi. 损失，输掉，走慢，降低价

jest

n. 笑话，玩笑，戏谑，诙谐，笑柄；vi. 开玩笑，打趣，取笑，嘲弄；

than

conj. 比（用于比较级），宁愿…而不愿，除…以外，一…就；prep. 超过，比；

friend

n. 朋友，友人，资助者，助手，近亲；v. <诗>与…为友；
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