And I said rather facetiously, old people.

我要大言不惭地说，老年人。

The phrase has always been used a little pejoratively and even facetiously by the lower classes.

这个短语一直被下层阶级用来贬义甚至开玩笑。

In these parts that's almost like being in the next street at home, said Dr.Macphail facetiously.

在这些地方几乎就像在家的隔壁街道一样， 麦克费尔医生开玩笑地说。

He was the son of my father's elder brother, to whom he referred more than once, often half facetiously, as the head of the family.

他是我父亲哥哥的儿子，他不止一次提到他，常常半开玩笑地称他为一家之主。

Jing facetiously suggested that the magistrate be put to death immediately and that the emperor let the peasants starve instead of harvesting the land and paying taxes, all so he could gallop about freely.

景开玩笑地建议立即处死知县， 让皇帝让农民挨饿， 而不去收割土地和纳税，这样他就可以自由驰骋了。