mockery
- n. 嘲弄，嘲笑；笑柄；拙劣可笑的模仿或歪曲；make a mockery of sth（使…显得毫无价值或徒劳无功）
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柯林斯英汉双解大词典
mockery /ˈmɒkərɪ/ TEM8
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N-UNCOUNT If someone mocks you, you can refer to their behaviour or attitude as mockery. 嘲讽
例：Was there a glint of mockery in his eyes?
他的眼里是不是有一丝嘲讽？
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N-SING If something makes a mockery of something, it makes it appear worthless and foolish. 显得无价值和愚蠢
例：This action makes a mockery of the administration's continuing protestations of concern.
这个行动使政府给予关怀的一再声明显得毫无价值和愚蠢。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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"They're a small group and their purpose is to show their own strength against the general society which they feel is a mockery of Jewish identity or a mockery of what a Jewish society should be.
VOA: standard.2009.11.14
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The mockery you might say mockery of Socrates remains one of the sincerest forms of flattery; they took him very seriously.
这些嘲弄，可以这么说,对苏格拉底的嘲弄,仍是最真诚的奉承型式之一；,他们很把他当一回事。
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He had this thing called the drunken assembly, which was in a way kind of a mockery of parliamentary representations where his cronies would come and just get wasted and would make all sorts of flamboyant proclamations that seemed to represent what a real parliament would do.
他有个被戏称为"酒鬼议会"的东西,这个"酒鬼议会"是对议会代表们的嘲弄,他们也会开会,但不过是浪费时间,还发表一些冠冕堂皇的声明,就好像一个真正的议会似的
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