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Satire Politicians Targets People Easy Show Humour Exaggeration

英语单词 satire
英美音标 英 ['sætaɪə(r)] 美 ['sætaɪər]
中文释义 n.讽刺文;讽刺
英语例句 (1) Satire is a high and subtle art.
(2) Politicians are legitimate targets for satire.
中文例句 (1) 讽刺是一门崇高而又含蓄的艺术。
(2) 政治家理所当然是讽刺的靶子。
vocabulary简明 Satire is a way of making fun of people by using silly or exaggerated language. Politicians are easy targets for satire, especially when they're acting self-righteous or hypocritical.
vocabulary扩展 Even though the ridiculous language of satire isn't intended to be taken seriously, well-made satire can use mockery to get at more serious truths. Sometimes satire can even overtake reality: when the television sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live presented a mock debate between Al Gore and George W. Bush during the 2000 presidential campaign season, the satire was so dead-on that it influenced the way people thought of the candidates.
柯林斯解释
1
[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。

2
[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.
  [oft N on n]
  • ...a sharp satire on the American political process.

    一部尖刻讽刺美国政治进程的作品

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