the antics of wildebeests are often clownish and entertaining.
姿态古怪的牛羚常常叫人忍俊不禁。
that「s really silly clownish behavior.
那真是愚蠢的小丑行为。
yet we shouldn’t be fooled: behind the clownish mask there is a state power that functions with ruthless efficiency.
然而我们可不能被他给忽悠了:在他小丑面具的后面,是国家权力在冷酷无情有效率的执行。
the mask of meringue on her face looked eerie, not clownish at all, and her mouth speaking through the white foam seemed to be a separate creature entirely, a puppet or a fish.