mock
verb- [transitive, intransitive] mock (somebody/something) | mock (somebody) + speech
to laugh at somebody/something in an unkind way, especially by copying what they say or do synonym make fun of嘲笑;(模仿)嘲弄 He's always mocking my French accent. 他總是嘲笑我的法國口音。 The other children mocked her, laughing behind their hands. 其他孩子學她的樣子,用手捂着嘴笑。 You can mock, but at least I'm willing to have a try! 你可以嘲笑我,但我至少願意試一試。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc1‘Too scary for you?’ he mocked gently. “你嚇壞了吧?”他輕聲取笑道。 He openly mocked his parents. 他公開嘲笑自己的父母。 She mocked him for his failure. 她譏笑他的失敗。 a faintly mocking smile 略帶嘲諷的微笑 He mocked her hopes of stardom. 他嘲笑她成爲明星的希望。 She mocked him with her smile. 她對他嘲弄地微微一笑。 The play subtly mocks the conventions of courtly love. 這部劇含蓄地諷刺了中世紀典雅愛情的種種慣常做法。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- bitterly
- cruelly
- mercilessly
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- at
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- [transitive] mock something (formal)
to show no respect for something 不尊重;蔑視 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- bitterly
- cruelly
- mercilessly
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- at
- for
- with
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French mocquer ‘deride’.