satire

noun

1. 讽刺；讥讽；讽刺作品
   a way of criticizing a person, an idea or an institution in which you use humour to show their faults or weaknesses; a piece of writing that uses this type of criticism
   1. political/social satire
      政治 / 社会讽刺作品
   2. a work full of savage/biting satire
      一部充满无情 / 辛辣讽刺的作品
   3. The novel is a stinging satire on American politics.
      这部小说是对美国政治的尖锐讽刺。

1. N-UNCOUNT 讽刺;讥讽
   Satire is the use of humour or exaggeration in order to show how foolish or wicked some people's behaviour or ideas are.
   1. The commercial side of the Christmas season is an easy target for satire.
      圣诞季商业化的一面很容易招来讥讽。
2. N-COUNT 讽刺作品
   A satire is a play, film, or novel in which humour or exaggeration is used to criticize something.
   1. ...a sharp satire on the American political process.
      一部尖刻讽刺美国政治进程的作品

1. Sunset Boulevard was originally conceived by Wilder as an astringent satire on Hollywood.
   怀尔德最初是想把《日落大道》拍成一部对好莱坞的辛辣讽刺片。
2. It's a satire somewhat in the manner of Dickens
   这部讽刺作品有点狄更斯的风格。
3. The commercial side of the Christmas season is an easy target for satire.
   圣诞季商业化的一面很容易招来讥讽。
4. The film tries to be all things to all men — comedy, romance, fantasy, and satire.
   这部电影试图面面俱到——既是喜剧、爱情剧、梦幻剧，还想是讽刺剧。
5. Mark Twain's works are characterized by humor and biting satire.
   马克？吐温的作品以幽默和尖锐的讽刺为特色。
6. It's fundamentally a political satire.
   这基本上是一部政治讽刺作品。
7. Such a sharp contrast works as the strong criticism and satire against the latter.
   这种鲜明的对照，就很好地起了批判和讽刺后者的作用。
8. It was a popular style of song that often contained comical social criticism and satire.
   这是经常包含可笑社会批评和讽刺歌曲的普遍的样式。
9. Chaplin's Modern Times is a satire on machine civilization.
   卓别林的【摩登时代】是对机械文明的讽刺作品。
10. They make fun of them through ridicule, satire, or burlesque.
    他们用嘲弄讥讽或滑稽模仿来取笑他们。
11. Control-obsessed officials have suppressed even childish satire and jokes.
    控制成性的官员们甚至对儿童讽刺作品和笑话都加以查禁。
12. His latest book is a biting satire on the monarchy.
    他最新的书是对君主制的辛辣讽刺。
13. Like all satire, it can be misunderstood.
    与所有的讽刺作品一样，它也可能被人误解。
14. His action is a satire on his boastful pretension.
    他的行动是对他自我吹嘘的一个讽刺。
15. 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。
16. The satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense.
    讽刺文学对人类的各种虚伪行为进行了精妙的嘲弄。
17. His novels questioned the nature of existence and the purpose of life, often with blackly comic humour and fantastical political satire.
    在小说中，他以一贯的黑色幽默和荒诞不经的政治讽刺质疑存在的本质和生命的意义。
18. This is one of the chief functions of satire and irony.
    这就是讽刺和反语主要作用。
19. Jack showed his dislike plainly in scorching satire.
    杰克以尖刻的讽刺直率地表明了自己的厌恶。
20. How does satire change the typical patterns and energies of comedy?
    讽刺是怎样改变喜剧的典型模式和活力？
21. Satire is often a form of protest against injustice.
    讽刺往往是一种对不公正的抗议形式。
22. Finally I must say comedy and satire series are feature of television.
    最后，我要说喜剧和讥讽连续剧是电视的重要节目。
23. His satire had no effect on her.
    它对他有很大的不良影响。
24. A related issue is that of satire.
    另一个相关问题是讽刺。
25. This is a keen satire on those having blind faith in the eye.
    这个现象对迷信眼睛的人来说，是一个有力的讽刺。
26. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations.
    以明显的讽刺和离奇的情景为特点的喜剧。
27. This is satire at its most confrontational and incisive.
    这就是讽刺的对抗性和深刻影响。
28. The work was a satire of Italian opera and was the brain child of librettist Henry Fielding.
    这项工作是一个讽刺和意大利歌剧是编剧亨利菲尔丁大脑孩子。
29. Is there too much satire on tv?
    电视上讽刺内容是否太多了？
30. It makes the common narration suddenly shining and charming, the satire and criticism in it cleverly conveyed.
    这使得普通的叙事一下子增添了文采，把隐喻讽刺和否定批判巧妙地表达出来。

  sarcasm irony satire【导航词义：讽刺】

  sarcasm n. 讽刺，挖苦

〔辨析〕指以口头或书面的方式说出的与实际意思相反的话语，表示对他人尖刻的挖苦、蔑视或恼怒。

  irony n. 冷嘲，讽刺，反语

〔辨析〕主要指表面的话语和实际的意思相反，常具有幽默或逗乐的作用。

  satire n. 讽刺，讥讽

〔辨析〕多指以幽默方式对势利、愚蠢、罪恶等世态所作的嘲讽。