farce

[US]/fɑːs/
[UK]/fɑːrs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 笑剧,闹剧,滑稽戏
Word Forms
复数farces
过去式farced
第三人称单数farces
现在分词farcing
过去分词farced

Example Sentences

The election was a farce, for it was fixed.

这次选举是一幕闹剧,因为它是预先安排好的

a mock-heroic farce that burlesques the affectations of Restoration heroic drama.

一出模仿王政复辟时期英雄剧的笑剧。

Irma La Douce is a musical based on the farce mechanism.

《爱玛姑娘》是一部基于笑剧手法的音乐剧。

He farced his novel with anecdotes.

他用秘史(形式)使他的小说更富有趣味。

The trials were a mere farce since no judges were present at all.

"这些审判简直是胡闹,因为根本没有法官出席。"

It was like a Whitehall farce the way I was sent from department to department and everyone said it was someone else’s job to help me.

这就像一个英国政府滑稽剧:我被从一个部门打发到另一个部门,每个人都说帮助我是他人的事。

The debate degenerated into farce when opposing speakers started shouting at each other.

双方辩手开始朝对方大喊,辩论变成了一场闹剧。

An annual freshman icebreaker called "Dickerella," in which women and men pair off for trips to a local burger Joint named Dick’s, has become a farce.

一年一度使新生气氛活跃的活动叫“迪克莱拉”,在活动中男女生配成对一起到当地一个汉堡包快餐店去就餐,这项活动已经成了滑稽的事。

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