ridicule的意思|ridicule的解释-里氏词典

Ridicule \Rid"i*cule\, n. [F. ridicule, L. ridiculum a jest, fr.
ridiculus. See {Ridiculous}.]
1. An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a
laughing matter.

[Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that his
deficiencies made him the ridicule of his
contemporaries. --Buckle.

To the people . . . but a trifle, to the king but a
ridicule. --Foxe.

2. Remarks concerning a subject or a person designed to
excite laughter with a degree of contempt; wit of that
species which provokes contemptuous laughter;
disparagement by making a person an object of laughter;
banter; -- a term lighter than derision.

We have in great measure restricted the meaning of
ridicule, which would properly extend over whole
region of the ridiculous, -- the laughable, -- and
we have narrowed it so that in common usage it
mostly corresponds to ``derision'', which does
indeed involve personal and offensive feelings.
--Hare.

Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne,
Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone. --Pope.

3. Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness. [Obs.]

To see the ridicule of this practice. --Addison.

Syn: Derision; banter; raillery; burlesque; mockery; irony;
satire; sarcasm; gibe; jeer; sneer; ribbing.

Usage: {Ridicule}, {Derision}, {mockery}, {ribbing}: All four
words imply disapprobation; but ridicule and mockery
may signify either good-natured opposition without
manifest malice, or more maliciously, an attempt to
humiliate. Derision is commonly bitter and scornful,
and sometimes malignant. {ribbing} is almost always
good-natured and fun-loving.

Ridicule \Rid"i*cule\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ridiculed};p. pr. &
vb. n. {Ridiculing}.]
To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule
toward or respecting.

I 've known the young, who ridiculed his rage.
--Goldsmith.

Syn: To deride; banter; rally; burlesque; mock; satirize;
lampoon. See {Deride}.

Ridicule \Rid"i*cule\, a. [F.]
Ridiculous. [Obs.]

This action . . . became so ridicule. --Aubrey.

Ms. Givens, of Los Angeles, alleges that since the article's publication, she has been the target of public ridicule.
Unpopular and far behind in the polls, Truman invented the whistlestop, making an average of 10 speeches a day from the back of a train and sparing the Republicans no ridicule in that blunt, partisan "Give `Em Hell" manner of his.
After a campaign of controversy and sometimes ridicule, he has an image to repair. He's said he intends to make life more difficult for the late-night television comics who have been thriving on Quayle jokes.
Proxmire, who has handed out the awards almost monthly to ridicule government spending he found to be wasteful, has been elected to the National Taxpayer's Union's board of directors, and will now issue the "Fleece" under its auspices.
Many Soviets ridicule that idea.
He has dried out, lost weight and now looks much healthier. In any other country Saint-Laurent's traumas might make him prey to scandal or ridicule, but in France they simply add to his stature.
Anyone who crossed Waugh's path was immediately made into a figure of absurdity and ridicule.
While the details invite ridicule, there is a serious issue here.
"It seems we're getting a daily seminar of Iraqi ridicule these days," said White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater.
Then he went up over a hill and disappeared." When word got out, Freeman became an instant celebrity, but the fame was spiked with ridicule.
But if his proposals had aimed exclusively at long-run problems, he would have courted ridicule for ignoring the current sluggish state of the economy.
Once again the motto of "Israel's security" is in ridicule.
Sgt. 1st Class Jim Calvini, of Norwell, Mass., said he will never forget the ridicule and hatred he faced upon returning from Vietnam in 1969.
A Letterman staff member told the Houston Post there is no intention of holding governors or states up to ridicule in exchange for the free air time.
Satirists want the Supreme Court to uphold their right to ridicule with malicious forethought.
Key said Louisiana voters prefer "hell-of-a-fellow" candidates, with "an earthy, occasionally profane, rip-roaring appeal, colored by disrespect if not ridicule of the nicer people."
Conductor Mstislav Rostropovich credits recent Soviet moves toward artistic freedom for his plan to present the world premiere of a long-suppressed musical satire written by the late composer Dmitri Shostakovich to ridicule the Stalinist regime.
For 60 years it resisted attempts to overturn the ban, despite ridicule from abroad and lurid stories about mass slaughter of illicit dogs.
But Democrats, who produced a 5,000-word thematic document at their convention in Atlanta last month, were quick to ridicule the GOP platform.
After four years on the 15-member board, Chesky said her cause has drawn "mostly ridicule in a nice way.
Jackson knew exactly how to ridicule the trappings of a campaign.
For this thought Roosevelt suffered much ridicule from Churchill at the time and from critics since.
State leaders had said Arkansas surely would face national ridicule if the proposal failed.
The lawsuit accuses the association and Caton of distributing a letter in September to store chains "threatening them with legal action and public ridicule unless they agreed to stop selling the magazines," the statement said.
Greek President Constantine Karamanlis said ex-king Constantine's visit was holding Greece up to ridicule and should not be repeated.
"You have to have a respect for that human being, regardless of what's happened to him," Spacey said. "We're all familiar with the ridicule and criticism.
Highlighting the ridicule was Bush's assertion in his convention address that "this election isn't only about competence, for competence is a narrow ideal.
Moreover, Czechs and Slovaks for centuries have resisted their rulers from other, larger nations with wit and ridicule, rather than arms.
First, with the aid of cameras, they find something out. Next they expose the malfeasance to public scrutiny and ridicule.
"Unfortunately, you are going to get some ridicule: `He is just an uppity nigger and just wants to control everything.'

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