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satire

英 [ˈsætaɪə(r)]

美 [ˈsætaɪər]

n.  讽刺; 讥讽; 讽刺作品

复数:satires 

考研TOEFLGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.15167 / COCA.10491

同义词辨析

sarcasmironysatire【导航词义:讽刺】

sarcasmn. 讽刺,挖苦
〔辨析〕
指以口头或书面的方式说出的与实际意思相反的话语,表示对他人尖刻的挖苦、蔑视或恼怒。
〔例证〕
'Good of you to arrive on time,' Jim said, with heavy sarcasm.
“你到得真准时呀。”吉姆说道,话语里带着强烈的讽刺。
He always spoke with a trace of sarcasm.
他说话总是带着一丝挖苦的味道。
ironyn. 冷嘲,讽刺,反语
〔辨析〕
主要指表面的话语和实际的意思相反,常具有幽默或逗乐的作用。
〔例证〕
She spoke to him with irony in her voice.
她语气嘲讽地对他说话。
Her writing contains a hint of irony.
她的作品带有一丝嘲讽意味。
satiren. 讽刺,讥讽
〔辨析〕
多指以幽默方式对势利、愚蠢、罪恶等世态所作的嘲讽。
〔例证〕
Satire is often a form of protest against injustice.
讽刺往往是一种对不公正进行抗议的形式。
His works are characterized by humour and biting satire.
他的作品以幽默和尖锐的讽刺为特色。

牛津词典

    noun

    • 讽刺;讥讽;讽刺作品
      a way of criticizing a person, an idea or an institution in which you use humour to show their faults or weaknesses; a piece of writing that uses this type of criticism
      1. political/social satire
        政治 / 社会讽刺作品
      2. a work full of savage/biting satire
        一部充满无情 / 辛辣讽刺的作品
      3. The novel is a stinging satire on American politics.
        这部小说是对美国政治的尖锐讽刺。

    柯林斯词典

    • N-UNCOUNT 讽刺;讥讽
      Satireis the use of humour or exaggeration in order to show how foolish or wicked some people's behaviour or ideas are.
      1. The commercial side of the Christmas season is an easy target for satire.
        圣诞季商业化的一面很容易招来讥讽。
    • N-COUNT 讽刺作品
      Asatireis a play, film, or novel in which humour or exaggeration is used to criticize something.
      1. ...a sharp satire on the American political process.
        一部尖刻讽刺美国政治进程的作品

    双语例句

    • Control-obsessed officials have suppressed even childish satire and jokes.
      控制成性的官员们甚至对儿童讽刺作品和笑话都加以查禁。
    • Chaplin's Modern Times is a satire on machine civilization.
      卓别林的【摩登时代】是对机械文明的讽刺作品。
    • Is there too much satire on tv?
      电视上讽刺内容是否太多了?
    • The commercial side of the Christmas season is an easy target for satire.
      圣诞季商业化的一面很容易招来讥讽。
    • His writing lacks this undercurrent of protest and satire.
      他的创作缺乏抗议和讽刺的潜在力量。
    • Finally I must say comedy and satire series are feature of television.
      最后,我要说喜剧和讥讽连续剧是电视的重要节目。
    • Jack showed his dislike plainly in scorching satire.
      杰克以尖刻的讽刺直率地表明了自己的厌恶。
    • Satire is often a form of protest against injustice.
      讽刺往往是一种对不公正的抗议形式。
    • The work was a satire of Italian opera and was the brain child of librettist Henry Fielding.
      这项工作是一个讽刺和意大利歌剧是编剧亨利菲尔丁大脑孩子。
    • This is one of the chief functions of satire and irony.
      这就是讽刺和反语主要作用。