| 单词 | satire |
| 释义 | satire (sætaɪəʳ ) Word forms: satires 1. uncountable noun Satire is the use of humour or exaggeration in order to show how foolish or wicked some people's behaviour or ideas are. The commercial side of the Christmas season is an easy target for satire. 2. countable noun A satire is a play, film, or novel in which humour or exaggeration is used to criticize something. ...a sharp satire on the American political process. [+ on] Synonyms: parody, mockery, caricature, send-up [British, informal] Quotations: It's hard not to write satireSatires Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their ownThe Battle of the Books Collocations: political satire It also has political satire that soars over the heads of its younger audience members, leaving them puzzled by the lack of pyrotechnic pizzazz. Times, Sunday Times The nation's jester takes his superlative musical comedy, historical anecdotes, broad clowning and political satire around a grateful country. Times, Sunday Times A friend of mine said to me yesterday that there wasn't much good political satire around at the moment. Times, Sunday Times This dark political satire has a few side-splitting moments - plus a shock ending. The Sun Sometimes only political satire can expose how far certain perceptions have taken hold. Times, Sunday Times The first two-thirds of the book are broad social satire. The Times Literary Supplement Define it as social satire, romantic comedy or surrealist fantasy with rackety songs. Times, Sunday Times These two performers' wry, selflacerating shtick means they can deliver their social satire merely in the way they stand. Times, Sunday Times The social satire streams silently beneath the humour. Times, Sunday Times Now scholars are reassessing his pioneering but forgotten brand of social satire. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 讽刺 Japanese: 風刺 |
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