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ridicule

noun

🔊/ˈrɪdɪkjuːl/

🔊/ˈrɪdɪkjuːl/

[uncountable]

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unkind comments that make fun of somebody/something or make them look silly嘲笑；奚落；讥笑 synonym mockery
- She is an object of ridicule in the tabloid newspapers.她是小报讥笑讽刺的对象。🔊🔊
- to hold somebody up to ridicule (= make fun of somebody publicly)公然取笑某人
Extra Examples
- The president was becoming an object of ridicule.总统成了被嘲笑的对象。
- He did not want to be identified, fearing the ridicule of his friends.他不愿透露自己的身份，担心他的朋友们会嘲笑他。
- She might find herself exposed to public ridicule.她也许会发现自己成了公众嘲弄的对象。
- She soon became an object of ridicule.不久她就成为嘲笑的对象。
Topics Personal qualitiesc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- public
verb + ridicule
- attract
- receive
- expose somebody/something to
- …
phrases
- an object of ridicule
- a target for ridicule
- a target of ridicule
- …
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Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French, or from Latin ridiculum, neuter (used as a noun) of ridiculus ‘laughable’, from ridere ‘to laugh’.

ridicule

verb

🔊/ˈrɪdɪkjuːl/

🔊/ˈrɪdɪkjuːl/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they ridicule	🔊/ˈrɪdɪkjuːl/ 🔊/ˈrɪdɪkjuːl/
he / she / it ridicules	🔊/ˈrɪdɪkjuːlz/ 🔊/ˈrɪdɪkjuːlz/
past simple ridiculed	🔊/ˈrɪdɪkjuːld/ 🔊/ˈrɪdɪkjuːld/
past participle ridiculed	🔊/ˈrɪdɪkjuːld/ 🔊/ˈrɪdɪkjuːld/
-ing form ridiculing	🔊/ˈrɪdɪkjuːlɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈrɪdɪkjuːlɪŋ/

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ridicule somebody/something to make somebody/something look silly by laughing at them or it in an unkind way嘲笑；奚落；讥笑
- They ridicule the president as a man who has lost control of events.他们嘲笑总统失控事件。
- At first, his theory was ridiculed and dismissed.起初，他的理论受到人们的讥笑与摒弃。
synonym make fun of somebody/something
Extra Examples
- She suspected him of trying to ridicule her.她怀疑他想要嘲笑她。
- She was mercilessly ridiculed in the press for suggesting this.她的暗示使她无情地被媒体嘲笑。
Topics Personal qualitiesc1
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French, or from Latin ridiculum, neuter (used as a noun) of ridiculus ‘laughable’, from ridere ‘to laugh’.