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derisive

/dih-rahy-siv, -ris-iv/US // dɪˈraɪ sɪv, -ˈrɪs ɪv //UK // (dɪˈraɪsɪv, -zɪv) //

嘲笑性的,嘲笑,揶揄,嘲笑声

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking: derisive heckling.

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Examples

  • That being said, people in the deaf community felt free to make pointed and derisive comments about my CI.

  • The message is derisive—rhabdomyolysis and whatever else might happen to certain people is really for wimps and buffoons only.

  • In his 60s and into his 80s, he loved taking down braggarts and bullies derisive of his age.

  • A French satirical magazine runs some derisive cartoons of Muhammad.

  • Remember all the derisive comments about previous encounters?

  • Sometimes it comes in literal sobriety, sometimes in derisive travesti, sometimes in tragic aggravation.

  • There is something repulsively familiar about the tall man, his mouth drawn into a derisive smile.

  • Sometimes he thinks that they wink at one another with regard to him, or make signs behind his back that are meant to be derisive.

  • "Oh, that only shows you can't interpret operatic music," Rob replied, with a derisive grin.

  • The Turk heard the derisive laugh, and he felt the tingling of his ear and the poke in his ribs.