ridicule / ˈrɪd ɪˌkyul /

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ridicule2 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
v. 有主动词 verb

rid·i·culed, rid·i·cul·ing.

  1. to deride; make fun of.

ridicule 近义词

n. 名词 noun

contemptuous laughter at someone or something

v. 动词 verb

make contemptuous fun of something or someone

更多ridicule例句

  1. That way, the fear of customer or public ridicule might encourage the software producers to do a better job of upgrading dependencies.
  2. He drew additional ridicule after insisting that the addition of a swimming pool was needed to protect the house in case of fire.
  3. Despite the ridicule, China looks set to carry out the three-child policy in the hope of addressing its rapidly aging population and plunging birth and marriage rates.
  4. Until Chike Uzuegbunam sued Georgia Gwinnett College, this public institution had performed the public service of instituting a speech code so restrictive that it exposed the entire idea of such codes to wholesome ridicule.
  5. Two turning points were Spears’ breakdown in the late aughts and the death of Amy Winehouse in 2011, tragedies that revealed how much damage years of surveillance, objectification and ridicule could do to a young woman.
  6. Throughout her life, she faced public ridicule, legal persecution and, eventually, redemption through a PhD in clinical sexology.
  7. Over time, because of its popularity among young girls, it became the object of ridicule.
  8. Although sprightly, Lilith is unusually small for her age, and thereby the butt of ridicule from her classmates.
  9. The wackiest of Mormon teachings—many unknown to practicing Mormons today—have been dredged up and held to ridicule.
  10. However, the reaction—and the ridicule—was so extreme that he soon backed down.
  11. He tried the effect of ridicule on the wretched and despairing Louis; and to one of his arguments, he at last extorted a reply.
  12. A more potent and public method of ridicule would be difficult to devise.
  13. I wish Vicky saw through her; she has so much influence over Jack, and such deadly powers of ridicule.
  14. The attempt, however, subsequently exposed them to great ridicule from their democratic opponents.
  15. Accordingly, the record of this hard-fighting soldier of the Empire has been cruelly buried in ridicule.