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Mock Make Fun Real Formal Mocked Laugh Unkind

The term "mock" has multiple meanings: as a verb, it signifies mocking or ridiculing someone, often by imitation. As an adjective, it denotes something fake or simulated, like a mock trial. In British English, "mocks" as a plural noun refers to practice examinations.

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[VERB 动词]嘲笑;嘲弄;(模仿)取笑 If someone mocks you, they show or pretend that they think you are foolish or inferior, for example by saying something funny about you, or by imitating your behaviour.
  [V n]
  [V with quote]
  • I thought you were mocking me...

    我还以为你是在嘲笑我。

  • I distinctly remember mocking the idea...

    我清楚地记得曾经对这个想法嗤之以鼻。

  • 'I'm astonished, Benjamin,' she mocked.

    “这太让我吃惊了,本杰明,”她嘲弄道。

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[ADJ 形容词]假的;仿制的;假装的 You use mock to describe something which is not real or genuine, but which is intended to be very similar to the real thing.
  [ADJ n]
  • 'It's tragic!' swoons Jeffrey in mock horror...

    “真惨啊!”杰弗里假装吓昏了过去。

  • One of them was subjected to a mock execution.

    他们当中有一个人受到了假处决。

  • ...a mock Tudor mansion.

    仿都铎王朝时期风格的宅第

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]模拟考试 Mocks are practice exams that you take as part of your preparation for real exams.
  [usu pl]
  [BRIT 英]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • She went from a D in her mocks to a B in the real thing.

    她模拟考试得了D,到了真正考试的时候却拿了个B。


Oxford mock / mɒk ; NAmE mɑːk /
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verb 1 [transitive ,  intransitive ] mock(sb/sth) | mock(sb) + speech to laugh at sb/sth in an unkind way, especially by copying what they say or do 嘲笑;(模仿)嘲弄 SYN
make fun of
He's always mocking my French accent. 他总是嘲笑我的法国口音。 The other children mocked her, laughing behind their hands. 其他孩子学她的样子,用手捂着嘴笑。 You can mock, but at least I'm willing to have a try! 你可以嘲笑我,但我至少愿意试一试。
2 [transitive ] mocksth ( formal) to show no respect for sth 不尊重;蔑视 The new exam mocked the needs of the majority of children. 新的考试无视大多数孩子的需要。 mock·er mocker mockers / mɒkə(r) ; NAmE mɑːkər / noun
adjective [only before noun ] 1 not sincere 虚假的;不诚实的 SYN
sham
mock horror/surprise 假装恐惧;故作惊讶
2 that is a copy of sth; not real 模仿的;模拟的 a mock election 模拟选举 a mock interview/examination (= used to practise for the real one) 模拟面试╱考试
noun ( informal) (in Britain) a practice exam that you do before the official one (英国)模拟考试 The mocks are in November. 模拟考试在 11 月进行。 What did you get in the mock? 你的模拟考试得了多少分? mock / mɒk ; NAmE mɑːk / mock·er / mɒkə(r) ; NAmE mɑːkər /
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1[intransitive, transitive] formal to laugh at someone or something and try to make them look stupid by saying unkind things about them or by copying them SYN  make fun of:  Opposition MPs mocked the government’s decision. ‘Running away?’ he mocked. It’s easy for you to mock, but we put a lot of work into this play.RegisterMock something or someone is used especially in literature. In everyday English, people usually say make fun of something or someone: · Stop making fun of the way he talks!2[transitive] formal to make something seem completely useless:  Violent attacks like this mock the peace process.mocking adjective:  Her tone was mocking.mockingly adverb:  His lips twisted mockingly.mocker noun [countable]THESAURUSmock formal to laugh at and say unkind things about a person, institution, belief etc, to show that you do not have a high opinion of them. Mock is a formal word – in everyday English people usually say make fun of: · The press mocked his attempts to appeal to young voters.· She was mocked by other pupils in her class.· You shouldn’t mock the afflicted! (=you should not make fun of people who cannot help having problems – used especially ironically, when really you think it is funny too)make fun of somebody/something to make someone or something seem stupid by making unkind jokes about them: · Peter didn’t seem to realize that they were making fun of him.· It used to be fashionable to make fun of the European Parliament.laugh at somebody/something to make unkind or funny remarks about someone or something, because they seem stupid or strange: · I don’t want the other kids to laugh at me.· People would laugh at the idea nowadays.poke fun at somebody/something to make someone or something seem silly by making jokes about them, especially in a way that is funny but not really cruel: · a TV series that regularly poked fun at the government· He’s in no position to poke fun at other people’s use of English!ridicule formal to make unkind remarks that make someone or something seem stupid: · Catesby ridiculed his suggestion.· His ideas were widely ridiculed at the time.· Scientists ridiculed him for doubting the existence of the greenhouse effect.deride formal to make remarks that show you think that something is stupid or useless – often used when you think that the people who do this are wrong: · Some forms of alternative medicine – much derided by doctors – have been shown to help patients.· the system that Marxists previously derided as ‘bourgeois democracy’mock something ↔ up phrasal verb to make a full-size model of something so that it looks real
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1not real, but intended to be very similar to a real situation, substance etc:  war games with mock battles a mock interview mock marble floors2mock surprise/horror/indignation etc surprise etc that you pretend to feel, especially as a joke:  She threw her hands up in mock horror.
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1mocks [plural] British English school examinations taken as practice before official examinations:  I’m revising for my mocks.2make mock of somebody literary to mock someone
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[mɒk]mocked, mocking, mocks

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嘲笑(33%),模仿(24%),嘲弄(23%),模拟的(14%),假的(3%),戏弄(2%),伪装的(1%)
n.英国模拟考试(mocks)
vt.愚弄,嘲弄
adj.仿制的,模拟的,虚假的,不诚实的
vt.不尊重,蔑视

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