ridicule
英 ['r?d?kju?l]
美['r?d?'kj?l]
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?ridicules;第三人稱單數(shù):?ridicules;過去式:?ridiculed;過去分詞:?ridiculed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?ridiculing;
英文詞源
- ridicule (v.)
- 1680s, "make ridiculous," from ridicule (n.) or else from French ridiculer, from ridicule. Meaning "make fun of" is from c. 1700. Related: Ridiculed; ridiculing.
- ridicule (n.)
- 1670s, "absurd thing;" 1680s, "words or actions meant to invoke ridicule," from French ridicule, noun use of adjective (15c.), or from Latin ridiculum "laughing matter, joke," from noun use of neuter of ridiculus (see ridiculous).
"He who brings ridicule to bear against truth, finds in his hand a blade without a hilt." [Walter Savage Landor, "Imaginary Conversations"]
雙語例句
- 1. The process of judicial selection was held up to ridicule.
- 司法選舉的過程成為了笑柄。
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- 2. The gutter press has held the royals up to ridicule.
- 黃色報(bào)刊公然奚落皇室成員。
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- 3. Such a statement could lay her open to ridicule.
- 這種言論會(huì)讓人家笑話她。
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- 4. As a heavy child, she became the object of ridicule from classmates.
- 由于體胖，她成了班上同學(xué)嘲笑的對(duì)象。
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- 5. Davis was subjected to public ridicule.
- 戴維斯受到了眾人的奚落。
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