Most people either ignored him or laughed at him.

大多数人要么不屑一顾，要么嗤之以鼻。

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Most people totally ignored him, and some even threw stones at him.

大部分人根本不相信他说的，还向其投石头。

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Most journalists have anecdotes of being sneered at or, worse, ostentatiously ignored by him.

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