英语词汇“to make a mockery of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. to make a mockery of: to cause to appear foolish or absurd.

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?c1599 J. Davies & C. Marlowe Epigrammes & Elegies sig. C3^v The wasting Hectick and the quartaine feuer, which doth of Phisick make a mockerie.

1607 Trag. Cæsar & Pompey iii. vi. sig. F4^v Soft Cæsar do not make a mockery, Of these Prodigious signes sent from the Heauens.

1624 Briefe Information Affaires Palatinate 57 [They] made a mockerie of the said Truce, and continuated their Hostilities.

1711 Spectator No. 48. 2/2 They could not be contented to act Heathen Warriours and such Fellows as Alexander, but must presume to make a Mockery of one of the Quorum.

1798 T. Holcroft Inquisitor iv. i. 38 Tis incredible, I own, that so fair Haired a youth, with so smiling and so smooth a Face, should form stratagems to trample on the Honour, and make a mockery of Don Fernando.

1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. vii. 143 As if he made a mockery of the very acquirements he boasted of.

1994 Guardian 16 Mar. i. 7/6 A disciplinary case against two midwives who assisted at a water birth has made a mockery of government proposals to give women more choice in childbirth.

单词	to make a mockery of
释义	> as lemmas to make a mockery of c. to make a mockery of: to cause to appear foolish or absurd. ΚΠ ?c1599 J. Davies & C. Marlowe Epigrammes & Elegies sig. C3^v The wasting Hectick and the quartaine feuer, which doth of Phisick make a mockerie. 1607 Trag. Cæsar & Pompey iii. vi. sig. F4^v Soft Cæsar do not make a mockery, Of these Prodigious signes sent from the Heauens. 1624 Briefe Information Affaires Palatinate 57 [They] made a mockerie of the said Truce, and continuated their Hostilities. 1711 Spectator No. 48. 2/2 They could not be contented to act Heathen Warriours and such Fellows as Alexander, but must presume to make a Mockery of one of the Quorum. 1798 T. Holcroft Inquisitor iv. i. 38 Tis incredible, I own, that so fair Haired a youth, with so smiling and so smooth a Face, should form stratagems to trample on the Honour, and make a mockery of Don Fernando. 1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. vii. 143 As if he made a mockery of the very acquirements he boasted of. 1994 Guardian 16 Mar. i. 7/6 A disciplinary case against two midwives who assisted at a water birth has made a mockery of government proposals to give women more choice in childbirth. extracted from mockeryn. < as lemmas
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