Satire A Humour American Noun Exaggeration Show Film
Satire is the use of humor or exaggeration to criticize people's behavior or ideas by highlighting their faults. It can also refer to a piece of writing or art that uses this method.
Satire refers to the use of humor or exaggeration to expose and criticize foolishness or wickedness in people's behavior or ideas. It can also refer to a work of art, such as a play or novel, that employs this technique.
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]讽刺;讥讽Satire is the use of humour or exaggeration in order to show how foolish or wicked some people's behaviour or ideas are.
The commercial side of the Christmas season is an easy target for satire.
圣诞季商业化的一面很容易招来讥讽。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]讽刺作品 A satire is a play, film, or novel in which humour or exaggeration is used to criticize something.
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...a sharp satire on the American political process.
一部尖刻讽刺美国政治进程的作品
Oxford
sat·ire/ˈsætaɪə(r); NAmEˈsætaɪər/noun[uncountable , countable ]a way of criticizing a person, an idea or an institution in which you use humour to show their faults or weaknesses; a piece of writing that uses this type of criticism 讽刺;讥讽;讽刺作品◆political/social satire政治╱社会讽刺作品◆a work full of savage/biting satire一部充满无情╱辛辣讽刺的作品◆The novel is a stinging satire on American politics.这部小说是对美国政治的尖锐讽刺。satiresatiressat·ire/ˈsætaɪə(r); NAmEˈsætaɪər/
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satiresat‧ire /ˈsætaɪə $ -taɪr/ ●○○ noun
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1[uncountable] a way of criticizing something such as a group of people or a system, in which you deliberately make them seem funny so that people will see their faults: the characteristic use of satire in Jonson’s workpolitical/social satire a comedy group that does political satire2[countable] a piece of writing, film, play etc that uses this type of criticismsatire on a satire on American politicssavage/stinging/vicious/biting satire a biting satire of the television industry—satirical /səˈtɪrɪkəl/ adjective: a well-known satirical magazine—satiric adjective—satirically /-kli/ adverb
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satire
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讽刺(95%),讽刺文(5%)
n.讽刺;讽刺文学,讽刺作品
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