| 单词 | ridicule |
| 释义 | ridicule (once / 170 pages) nv When you ridicule someone, you mock or make fun of them. They become the object of your ridicule or mockery. Your bad behavior might bring ridicule on your parents, who raised you to know better. The word ridicule is related to ridiculous. If you ridicule a friend, you try to make them look ridiculous. But now that isn't very friendly! Both words come from the Latin redire which means to laugh. When you are ridiculed, you are made a laughing stock, but being the object of ridicule is never funny. WORD FAMILYridicule: ridiculed, ridiculer, ridicules, ridiculing, ridiculous+/ridiculer: ridiculers/ridiculous: ridiculousest, ridiculously, ridiculousness/ridiculousness: ridiculousnesses USAGE EXAMPLESThough ridiculed in some quarters as a ban on work-related email after hours, it is not quite that. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The moniker was ridiculed by Republicans as the unemployment rate still hovered around 9.5%. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) Earlier Thursday, in her defence statement to a packed court in Istanbul, Erdoğan ridiculed the charges against her. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) 1n language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate Hyper discourtesy, disrespect an expression of lack of respect 2n the act of deriding or treating with contempt Syn|Hypo|Hyper derision mock the act of mocking or ridiculing discourtesy, offence, offense, offensive activity a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others 3v subject to laughter or ridicule The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house Syn|Hypo|Hyper blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, roast tease mock or make fun of playfully lampoon, satirise, satirizeridicule with satire debunk, exposeexpose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas stultifycause to appear foolish uncloak, unmaskreveal the true nature of bemock, mock treat with contempt |
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