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satire是什么意思

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satire 是什么意思

音标:[ 'sætaiə ]  
名词复数:satires   

中文翻译与英英解释

n.
1.讽刺诗[文];讽刺作品。
2.讽刺。
短语和例子
His action is a satire on his boastful pretension. 他的行动是对他自我吹嘘[卖弄]的一个讽刺。
witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody''s face but their own"--Jonathan Swift
同义词:sarcasm, irony, caustic remark,

Satire is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be funny, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit as a weapon.

例句与用法

1.Satire is a high and subtle art .
讽刺是崇高而又含蓄的艺术。

2.He always saw the joke of any satire against himself .
任何对他的嘲笑,他都觉得挺有趣。

3.Great satire needs the sustenance of great fable .
伟大的讽刺作品需要伟大的怪异故事来滋养它。

4.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。

5.His action is a satire on his boastful pretension .
他的行动是对他自我吹嘘(卖弄)的一个讽刺。

6.With sinclair lewis, it became simply burning satire .
辛克莱刘易斯把它写成了辛辣的讽刺作品。

7.Such contrasts offered excellent opportunities for satire .
这种悬殊给讽时作品提供了上好的机会。

8.It was some foul parody, some infamous ignoble satire .
这是一个卑劣的讽刺,一个鄙俗、邪恶的嘲弄。

9.But he regretted the pleasantry; it was too near a satire .
后来一想,这句笑话太象当面挖苦了,他又后悔起来。

10.Morris townsend was a man of of spirit, and of remarkable powers of satire .
莫里斯汤森性格刚强,讽刺起人来咄咄逼人。

 
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