英语单词 | mockery |
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英美音标 | 英 ['mɒkəri] 美 ['mɑːkəri] |
中文释义 | n.嘲弄;拙劣可笑的模仿或歪曲;笑柄 |
英语例句 | (1) He was always held up to mockery. (2) He was provoked by their mockery to say more than he had intended. (3) The trial was a mockery of justice. (4) The performance was an utter mockery . (5) Rain made a mockery of our picnic. |
中文例句 | (1) 他老是被人嘲笑。 (2) 他受到他们嘲笑恼羞成怒,说了一些过头的话。 (3) 这一审判是对正义的歪曲。 (4) 这演出纯粹是拙劣的模仿。 (5) 雨使得我们的郊游泡汤了。 |
vocabulary简明 | The noun mockery means ridicule or making a fool out of someone. Mockery of your history teacher is unwise just before she grades your mid-term exams. |
vocabulary扩展 | Mockery is making fun of or mocking someone or something. The act of mockery often involves copying someone's behavior or speech, making it look absurd, like a parody. For example, comedians often get laughs with mockery, by pretending to be famous politicians and exaggerating the way they talk or gesture. The expression "to make a mockery of" means to make something appear foolish or absurd, even if that’s not the intent — like a trial that “makes a mockery of justice.” |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]嘲笑;讥笑;嘲弄 If someone mocks you, you can refer to their behaviour or attitude as mockery .
2 [N-SING 单数名词]嘲笑对象;笑柄 If something makes a mockery of something, it makes it appear worthless and foolish.
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