mockery的意思|mockery的解释-里氏词典

mockery ['mɒkәri]

n. 嘲弄, 笑柄, 歪曲

mockery

[ noun ]

showing your contempt by derision

<noun.communication>

a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

<noun.communication>

humorous or satirical mimicry

<noun.act>

Mockery \Mock"er*y\, n.; pl. {Mockeries}. [F. moquerie.]
1. The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by
mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of
earnestness; a counterfeit appearance.

It is, as the air, invulnerable,
And our vain blows malicious mockery. --Shak.

Grace at meals is now generally so performed as to
look more like a mockery upon devotion than any
solemn application of the mind to God. --Law.

And bear about the mockery of woe. --Pope.

2. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous
merriment; derision; ridicule.

The laughingstock of fortune's mockeries. --Spenser.

3. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport.

The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a
mockery. --2 Macc.
viii. 17.

In it's editorial, the Daily Mirror said: "The Yorkshire Ripper has claimed his 14th victim _ justice." The Daily Express said the award made "a mockery not only of the libel laws but of the system of justice itself." "Mrs.
Judge Rice ruled that a new stock ownership plan giving NCR employees 8% of the stock made "a mockery" of that vote.
What a voice, even throughout the range, full of colour, zest and verbal inflections, with plebeian mockery peeping out from beneath a 'gentlemanly' exterior.
He could play them straight if necessary but in comedy his natural dryness of delivery was exaggerated to the point where the character he was playing invited mockery as a pompous humbug.
It was a complete mockery and outlandish." Merrill, who also has sung the anthem for nine U.S. presidents, added: "She's a disgrace.
On my last viewing of perhaps the most creative pop artist ever he was invisible, skulking in the shadows of a stage and content with a perverse mockery of his talent.
Three justices said the ruling makes a mockery of individual privacy.
Some authorities worry that if Hong Kong yields to the company's demand for a so-called "trading only" status, other companies would follow and make a mockery of local securities regulation.
They too merit honor, not mockery.
But her departure makes a mockery of the company's watchword of stability and knocked 5 per cent off the shares. That may seem excessive.
He charged the Games will be a mockery if any political prisoners remain behind bars.
Inc. make "a mockery" of the federal ban on cigarette advertisements on television and radio.
Violations of worker rights is a serious subject, but we suppose only a member of Congress could make a mockery of it.
The list makes a mockery of yesterday's reaction from a Chinese Embassy official in Oslo who said this year's Nobel choice has "hurt the Chinese people's feelings."
Harry James, solicitor for the court, said Brown "is making a mockery of the court system if he has no intention of appearing." If Brown is not in court, James said he will seek a warrant for Brown's arrest.
"I think it was a mockery.
If the order is allowed to stand, "Utah will find itself once again a target of national mockery," she said.
"They're simply making a mockery of the semiconductor trade agreement."
Her probation makes a mockery of the judicial system and sends a signal to others dealing drugs in New York that crime pays.
The Senate has made a mockery of its advice-and-consent power.
"It is a mockery and debasement of democratic norms ... a two-headed monster with no body and limbs," said Somnath Chatterjee of the Left Front, an alliance of communist and socialist parties.
"Eavesdropping by the police or their agents makes a mockery of the right to consult counsel before being interrogated," Speziale wrote in a 1983 ruling on a 1980 tape recording of a lawyer talking to his client.

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