satire

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

Translation

n.諷刺, 譏諷作品;諷刺, 譏諷
Word Forms
複數satires

Example Sentences

a stinging satire on American politics.

對美國政治的辛辣諷刺。

(on, upon) a scathing satire on sb.

對某人尖銳的諷刺

his biting satire on corruption and power.

他對腐敗和強權的辛辣諷刺。

a satire entitled ‘The Rise of the Meritocracy’.

一篇題爲《精英領導階級的崛起》的諷刺作品。

Satire is often a form of protest against injustice.

諷刺往往是一種對不公正的抗議形式。

The movie is a clever satire on the advertising industry.

那部影片是關於廣告業的一部巧妙的諷刺作品。

Some of Aesop's Fables are satires.

《伊索寓言》中有一些是諷刺作品。

the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense.

諷刺文學對人類的各種虛僞行爲進行了精妙的嘲弄。

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

諷刺是一項孤獨而又內省的工作,因爲沒有人未經一番具有非常耐性的自我檢討而能夠逼真地刻畫一個傻瓜的。

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

其次,暗藏機鋒的詼諧性話語在笑謔中傳達出小說家的譏諷;

Real-world Examples

I'm watching a great satire called Frankie.

我正在看一個叫《弗蘭基》(Frankie)的諷刺劇。

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

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

那他就是在諷刺本身就是諷刺的東西了?

Source: The Good Wife Season 5

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

克萊頓·戴維斯說麥凱的諷刺太真實了。

Source: VOA Standard English Entertainment

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

當然,我們這樣說,並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.

他們屏蔽了標記的詞語,但無法察覺文化的細微差別或諷刺。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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

該電影是對斯大林死後政治鬥爭的諷刺。

Source: BBC Listening Collection February 2018

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

哦,別忘了。“洋蔥新聞”上的都是諷刺新聞。

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2020 Collection

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

該組織另一位創立者稱它是在諷刺,稱該運動將繼續進行。蒂娜·努門報道。

Source: BBC Listening January 2015 Collection

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

這篇出色、結構鬆散的諷刺詩是用口語體寫的。

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

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

從當時被認爲是尖銳諷刺的作品中可以看出。

Source: Vox opinion

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