ridicule
ridicule
noun
noun
- [mass noun]the subjection of someone or something to mockery and derision
嘲笑，嘲弄，戏弄
he is held up as an object of ridicule.
他被拿出来作为嘲弄对象。
- [with obj.]subject (someone or something) to mockery and derision
嘲笑，嘲弄，戏弄
his theory was ridiculed and dismissed.
他的理论遭人嘲笑和摒弃。
- late 17th cent.: from French, or from Latin ridiculum, neuter (used as a noun) of ridiculus 'laughable', from ridere 'to laugh'
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