Then I will answer teasingly that actually I'm waiting until she comes to help me.

那时候，我将打趣儿般地回答她：我正在等着你回来帮忙呢。

Hopefuls had until April 7 to apply for the "horrendous assignment" — as the company teasingly calls it — which starts mid-May.

有望录取的夫妇要在4月7日之前申请“可怕的任务”——这是公司对指派任务戏谑的叫法——从五月中旬开始。

Hopefuls have until April 7 to apply for the "horrendous assignment" -- as the company teasingly calls it -- which starts mid-May.

这项“可怕的任务”——公司如此称呼——报名截止为4月7日，任务开始于五月中旬。

He called her Artemis, Demeter, and other fanciful names half teasingly, which she did not like because she did not understand them.

他用半开玩笑的口气叫她阿耳忒弥斯和德墨忒耳①，还叫她其他一些幻想中的名字，但是苔丝不喜欢，因为她听不懂。

I have to hold myself back every time a white-haired grandma leans in to her pig-tailed granddaughter and teasingly asks her, "So, do you have a boyfriend?"

每次当白发沧桑的老奶奶斜靠着扎着辫子的孙女并问她“你交有男朋友吗？”，我都犹豫不决。