scoffing

1. VERB 嘲笑;讥讽;嘲弄
   If you scoff at something, you speak about it in a way that shows you think it is ridiculous or inadequate.
   1. At first I scoffed at the notion...
      刚开始我对那种想法嗤之以鼻。
   2. You may scoff but I honestly feel I'm being cruel only to be kind...
      你可能不以为然，但我真的认为我狠下心来只是出于一片好意。
   3. 'You'll have to do better than that,' Joanna scoffed.
      “你可得做得比那好，”乔安娜讥讽地说。
2. VERB 贪婪地吃;狼吞虎咽
   If you scoff food, you eat it quickly and greedily.
   1. The pancakes were so good that I scoffed the lot.
      那些薄饼太好吃了，我狼吞虎咽地都吃下去了。

1. Thing is, no one is scoffing anymore.
   实际上，再也没人敢对奥迪冷嘲热讽了。
2. ( Mostly scoffing, however.) But how are we really to know?
   （不过大多数持嘲笑态度。）但是我们真的懂多少呢？
3. Opinions on the deal run the gamut from approval to scoffing to the purely perplexed.
   对于这项交易的观点，从赞成、嘲笑到纯粹摸不着头脑，层出不穷。
4. One version that aired on the Hong Kong station TVB earlier this year received a record 1,100 complaints, with viewers scoffing at the production quality and saying the choice of the show was too dated.
   今年早些时候香港TVB播放的一个《西游记》版本就收到创纪录的1100宗投诉，观众对其制作质量嗤之以鼻，并称其选材过于陈旧。
5. Researchers wanted to test whether guilt from scoffing chocolate cake acted as an incentive to improve weight control, or undermined dieters 'determination to succeed.
   研究者想测试，大快朵颐享用巧克力蛋糕是会作为控制体重的激励呢，还是被当做了减肥成功的拦路虎呢。
6. Your version of discussion is like scoffing a hamburger: it's fast, efficient and gets the job done.
   你的聊天方式就像狼吞虎咽地吃汉堡包一样：快捷高效率地就完事了。
7. And sceptical students scoffing at his protestations of fiscal rectitude did not stop Mr Geithner claiming Chinese backing for US policies.
   虽然有关财政纪律的声明遭到中国多疑学生的耻笑，但那不妨碍盖特纳宣称中国支持美国的政策。
8. He removed the lid and showed the wonderful contents to the scoffing visitors.
   他打开了盖子，给嘲笑他们的来访者观看其中美妙的东西。
9. There are too many superstars scoffing at media in china.
   在中国有许多超级巨星对媒体嗤之以鼻。
10. Instead of just scoffing at this heresy that a kid wanted to get published, or saying wait until you're older, my parents were really supportive.
    一个小孩想发表作品这简直是天方夜谭，但我父母没有嘲笑我，也没有说等你长大点儿再说，他们非常支持我。
11. He had always been irreligious, scoffing good-naturedly at the sky-pilots and their immortality of the soul.
    他一向不信宗教，对于引人进入天国的人和他们的灵魂不问一向心平气和地嗤之以鼻。
12. Scoffing four squaresof chocolate a day can improve your memory, claim experts at Oxford University.
    牛津大学的专家称，每天吃四块巧克力能够提高人们的记忆力。

noun

1. showing your contempt by derision

   Synonym:    jeerjeeringmockeryscoff