farce

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

Translation

n. 笑劇,鬧劇,滑稽戲
Word Forms
複數farces
過去式farced
第三人稱單數farces
現在分詞farcing
過去分詞farced

Example Sentences

The election was a farce, for it was fixed.

這次選舉是一幕鬧劇,因爲它是預先安排好的

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

一出模仿王政復辟時期英雄劇的笑劇。

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

《愛瑪姑娘》是一部基於笑劇手法的音樂劇。

He farced his novel with anecdotes.

他用祕史(形式)使他的小說更富有趣味。

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

"這些審判簡直是胡鬧,因爲根本沒有法官出席。"

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.

這就像一個英國政府滑稽劇:我被從一個部門打發到另一個部門,每個人都說幫助我是他人的事。

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

雙方辯手開始朝對方大喊,辯論變成了一場鬧劇。

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.

一年一度使新生氣氛活躍的活動叫“迪克萊拉”,在活動中男女生配成對一起到當地一個漢堡包快餐店去就餐,這項活動已經成了滑稽的事。

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