英语词源
- ridicule (v.)
- 1680s, "make ridiculous," from ridicule (n.) or else from French ridiculer, from ridicule. Meaning "make fun of" is from c. 1700. Related: Ridiculed; ridiculing.
- ridicule (n.)
- 1670s, "absurd thing;" 1680s, "words or actions meant to invoke ridicule," from French ridicule, noun use of adjective (15c.), or from Latin ridiculum "laughing matter, joke," from noun use of neuter of ridiculus (see ridiculous).
"He who brings ridicule to bear against truth, finds in his hand a blade without a hilt." [Walter Savage Landor, "Imaginary Conversations"]
权威例句
- 1. The process of judicial selection was held up to ridicule.
- 司法选举的过程成为了笑柄。
- 2. The gutter press has held the royals up to ridicule.
- 黄色报刊公然奚落皇室成员。
- 3. Such a statement could lay her open to ridicule.
- 这种言论会让人家笑话她。
- 4. As a heavy child, she became the object of ridicule from classmates.
- 由于体胖，她成了班上同学嘲笑的对象。
- 5. Davis was subjected to public ridicule.
- 戴维斯受到了众人的奚落。