satire

[US]/ˈsætaɪə(r)/
[UK]/ˈsætaɪər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.讽刺, 讥讽作品;讽刺, 讥讽
Word Forms
复数satires

Example Sentences

a stinging satire on American politics.

对美国政治的辛辣讽刺。

(on, upon) a scathing satire on sb.

对某人尖锐的讽刺

his biting satire on corruption and power.

他对腐败和强权的辛辣讽刺。

a satire entitled ‘The Rise of the Meritocracy’.

一篇题为《精英领导阶级的崛起》的讽刺作品。

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。

The movie is a clever satire on the advertising industry.

那部影片是关于广告业的一部巧妙的讽刺作品。

Some of Aesop's Fables are satires.

《伊索寓言》中有一些是讽刺作品。

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。

Satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.

讽刺是一项孤独而又内省的工作,因为没有人未经一番具有非常耐性的自我检讨而能够逼真地刻画一个傻瓜的。

Secondly, hidden sharp point of jocosity speech expresses novelist"s satire and jeer in amusing context.

其次,暗藏机锋的诙谐性话语在笑谑中传达出小说家的讥讽;

Real-world Examples

I'm watching a great satire called Frankie.

我正在看一个叫《弗兰基》(Frankie)的讽刺剧。

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

So he thinks he's satirizing something that's already a satire?

那他就是在讽刺本身就是讽刺的东西了?

Source: The Good Wife Season 5

Clayton Davis says McKay's satire is all too real.

克莱顿·戴维斯说麦凯的讽刺太真实了。

Source: VOA Standard English Entertainment

This is a keen satire on those having blind faith in the eye.

当然,我们这样说,并不是要否定眼睛的作用。

Source: Selected Modern Chinese Essays 1

They screen flagged words, but cannot detect cultural nuance or satire.

他们屏蔽了标记的词语,但无法察觉文化的细微差别或讽刺。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The movie is a satire on the power struggle that follows Stalin's death.

该电影是对斯大林死后政治斗争的讽刺。

Source: BBC Listening Collection February 2018

Oh, please don't forget. The " Onion" is satire.

哦,别忘了。“洋葱新闻”上的都是讽刺新闻。

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2020 Collection

Another Pegida cofounder described it a satire and said the movement would continue. Dina Numen reports.

该组织另一位创立者称它是在讽刺,称该运动将继续进行。蒂娜·努门报道。

Source: BBC Listening January 2015 Collection

This brilliant, rambling satires is written in a colloquiql style.

这篇出色、结构松散的讽刺诗是用口语体写的。

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

As seen in what passed for scathing satire at the time.

从当时被认为是尖锐讽刺的作品中可以看出。

Source: Vox opinion

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