单词	satirical
释义	satiresat‧ire /ˈsætaɪə $ -taɪr/ ●○○ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINsatire Origin: 1500-1600 French, Latin satura, satira, from (lanx) satura ‘full plate, mixture’, from satur; ➔ SATURATE Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a political satire Gelbart is a writer of comedy and social satire. The film is a stinging satire on American politics. This is her first serious novel; up till now she has only written political satires. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Ballard's satire, however extreme, is always convincing, because its governing ideas inhabit every detail. Euripides' satire on the paranoia of the idealist has always been the cult play of the Attic repertoire. It's not satire exactly, since Hayworth has too kindly an eye for the human condition. My services were much in demand, not only for sentimental verses, but for expressions of anger and rather cruel satire. One genre it mostly ignores is satire and humor. Political satire is a tricky thing; it's only as strong as its target. Stevenson sometimes stumbles too far into academic minutiae and her satire can be flat-footed, but her London is beguiling. This bawdy academic satire, with its potentially offensive laddish point of view, turns out to be a traditional romantic narrative. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorsomething that makes fun of someone or something► spoof a film, book etc that makes fun of a serious type of film, book etc by copying it in a funny way: spoof on/of: · "A Five Minute Hamlet" is a very funny spoof of Shakespeare's most famous play.· The film was a spoof on Hollywood cop movies. ► send-up a performance, film, article etc that makes fun of a situation or the behaviour of a group of people by copying it in a funny way: send-up of: · His most famous movie is a hilarious send-up of life in ancient Rome. ► parody a piece of writing or music that is amusing because it makes fun of a famous piece of writing or music by clearly copying its style: · She writes enjoyable parodies in the style of 19th century romantic novels.parody of: · Tallis has written a cruel parody of Hartman's prose. ► satire a book, film, or play that criticizes something such as the government or people's behaviour by making fun of it in a clever way: · This is her first serious novel; up till now she has only written political satires.satire on: · The film is a stinging satire on American politics. 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Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► mordant wit/satire/humour He showed his willingness to trade his mordant wit for the required political cliches. 1[uncountable] a way of criticizing something such as a group of people or a system, in which you deliberately make them seem funny so that people will see their faults:  the characteristic use of satire in Jonson’s workpolitical/social satire a comedy group that does political satire2[countable] a piece of writing, film, play etc that uses this type of criticismsatire on a satire on American politicssavage/stinging/vicious/biting satire a biting satire of the television industry—satirical /səˈtɪrɪkəl/ adjective:  a well-known satirical magazine—satiric adjective—satirically /-kli/ adverb
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