scoff

单词辨析:

ridicule mock scoff sneer 【导航词义:嘲笑】
ridicule v. 嘲笑,嘲弄
〔辨析〕

指认为人、想法等愚蠢可笑的,可以是善意揶揄,也可以是恶意奚落。

〔例证〕

In fact, her ideas were ridiculed at that time.

其实,她的观点当时受到了嘲笑。

His stingy personality is often ridiculed by his friends.

他小气的性格常被朋友们嘲笑。

mock v. [正式]嘲笑,讥笑
〔辨析〕

多指意含挖苦地嘲笑或模仿取笑。

〔例证〕

The opposition leader mocked the government's decision.

那位反对党领导人讥笑政府的决定。

The other students mocked him, getting down on one knee.

其他学生学他的样子,单腿跪地。

scoff v. 嘲笑,讥笑
〔辨析〕

通常指嘲笑受到尊重的事物。

〔例证〕

Don't scoff at others' belief!

不要嘲笑别人的信仰!

sneer v. 嘲笑,讥笑,冷笑
〔辨析〕

通过语言、表情等表达对某人或某事物的嘲笑、不屑,常后接介词 at。

〔例证〕

'Is that your best work?' she sneered.

“那就是你最好的作品?”她讥笑道。

She sneered at her husband's tastes in clothes.

她嘲笑丈夫的穿衣品位。

相关例句:

The organic movement will scoff, too, saying synthetic fertilisers can be replaced by manure and legumes.

有机运动组织也会嘲笑并说复合肥会被粪肥和豆科绿肥所取代。

'You'll have to do better than that,' Joanna scoffed.

“你可得做得比那好,”乔安娜讥讽地说。

It is a book that will make you scoff, not tremble.

因为书中的故事实在是太过牵强和夸张,是一本能让人嗤之以鼻、而不是兴奋颤抖的书。

Citizens of other cities may scoff at Melbourne's brown river.

其他城市的居民或许会嘲笑墨尔本的褐色泥浆河。

Some experts scoff at that but admit that the reluctance exists.

有些专家对这种意识嗤之以鼻,但也承认这种不愿接受麻醉的心态依旧存在。

Scoff at other's religion

嘲笑别人的宗教信仰