mockery

['mɔkəri]

n.嘲弄, 拙劣可笑的模仿或歪曲, 笑柄

例句与用法:

He was provoked by their mockery to say more than he had intended.

他受到他们嘲笑恼羞成怒,说了一些过头的话。

He continued with his plan to build a flying machine, in spite of the mockery of his friends.

他不顾朋友们的反对,继续他建造飞行器的计划。

That examination was a mockery, they all copied from the books.

那次考试完全是骗人的鬼把戏,他们都抄书。

词形变化:

名词复数: mockeries |

详细释义:

n.

1. 嘲笑; 嘲弄[U]

Their mockery of John hurt his feeling.

他们对约翰的嘲弄伤害了他的感情。

2. 嘲笑的对象, 笑柄[C]

Through his foolishness he became a mockery in the village.

他因愚昧成了村里的笑柄。

3. 拙劣可笑的模仿; 假冒[S]

His trial was a mockery of justice.

对他的审判是对正义的践踏。

4. 徒劳无功[C]

All our efforts were mockeries.

我们的一切努力都徒劳无功。


短语词组:

hold someone up to mockery

1. 嘲笑某人

He was always held up to mockery.

他老是被人嘲笑。

make a mockery of

1. 使成为徒劳

His failure made a mockery of the teacher's great efforts to help him.

他的失败使老师帮助他的一番心血都白费了。