单词	ridicule
释义	ridicule1 nounridicule2 verb ridiculerid‧i‧cule1 /ˈrɪdəkjuːl/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINridicule1 Origin: 1600-1700 French, Latin ridiculum ‘something funny’, from ridere ‘to laugh’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Even when such claims evoked skepticism and ridicule, both the sick and the curious continued to come. He criticized comedy because it was based on ridicule. His looks, his temperament, his background - even his name marked him off for ridicule. Months of pampering and the ridicule of my cousins had turned me inward. Often they fear ridicule or a rebuttal. Unfortunately Piggy had been demoted to an object of ridicule by this point in the book so nobody listened to him. Willie just cries out for ridicule, don't you think? Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► held up to ridicule  The government’s proposals were held up to ridicule (=suffered ridicule) by opposition ministers. ► object of ridicule  He had become an object of ridicule among the other teachers. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► expose yourself to ridicule/criticism etc (=say or do something that may make people laugh at you, criticize you etc) COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► public · He hated being the object of public attention and ridicule like some fairground mountebank. VERB► hold · Above all it held up to ridicule the idea that political decisions should be taken within a moral framework. Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► an object of pity/desire/ridicule etc A spendthrift with a regular, secure income is an object of desire among bankers. Because of this, a household obliged to sponsor many feasts gains no prestige, but becomes rather an object of pity. He left Downing Street in 1963 almost an object of ridicule, condemned in Gibbonian terms as the symbol of national decay. Mitch's image alone does not make clear that he will be mocked rather than taken seriously as an object of desire. She became an object of ridicule. Unfortunately Piggy had been demoted to an object of ridicule by this point in the book so nobody listened to him. Yet he is held up as an object of ridicule and loathing throughout the land. unkind laughter or remarks that are intended to make someone or something seem stupid:  the ridicule of his peers The government’s proposals were held up to ridicule (=suffered ridicule) by opposition ministers. He had become an object of ridicule among the other teachers. ridicule1 nounridicule2 verb ridiculeridicule2 verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE ridicule Simple Form Present I, you, we, they ridicule he, she, it ridicules Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they ridiculed Present perfect I, you, we, they have ridiculed he, she, it has ridiculed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had ridiculed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will ridicule Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have ridiculed Continuous Form Present I am ridiculing he, she, it is ridiculing you, we, they are ridiculing Past I, he, she, it was ridiculing you, we, they were ridiculing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been ridiculing he, she, it has been ridiculing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been ridiculing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be ridiculing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been ridiculing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Petrocelli ridiculed the police conspiracy theory. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Avoid insulting or ridiculing teenagers' efforts to be differ-ent. For a number of years she patiently withstood the abuse of her employers and fellow workers, who ridiculed her religious habits. For decades, consultants, politicians, pilots and travelers have ridiculed Lindbergh Field. Given the numbers of the disadvantaged, critics of Treasury ridicule the whole proposal. He felt so ashamed of his weakness, but George didn't ridicule him at all. Joseph was ridiculed for being serious. Their fellow church members 73 ridiculed, shunned, or expelled them-sometimes all three. Thesaurus THESAURUS► mock formal to laugh at and say unkind things about a person, institution, belief etc, to show that you do not have a high opinion of them. Mock is a formal word – in everyday English people usually say make fun of: · The press mocked his attempts to appeal to young voters.· She was mocked by other pupils in her class.· You shouldn’t mock the afflicted! (=you should not make fun of people who cannot help having problems – used especially ironically, when really you think it is funny too) ► make fun of somebody/something to make someone or something seem stupid by making unkind jokes about them: · Peter didn’t seem to realize that they were making fun of him.· It used to be fashionable to make fun of the European Parliament. ► laugh at somebody/something to make unkind or funny remarks about someone or something, because they seem stupid or strange: · I don’t want the other kids to laugh at me.· People would laugh at the idea nowadays. ► poke fun at somebody/something to make someone or something seem silly by making jokes about them, especially in a way that is funny but not really cruel: · a TV series that regularly poked fun at the government· He’s in no position to poke fun at other people’s use of English! ► ridicule formal to make unkind remarks that make someone or something seem stupid: · Catesby ridiculed his suggestion.· His ideas were widely ridiculed at the time.· Scientists ridiculed him for doubting the existence of the greenhouse effect. ► deride formal to make remarks that show you think that something is stupid or useless – often used when you think that the people who do this are wrong: · Some forms of alternative medicine – much derided by doctors – have been shown to help patients.· the system that Marxists previously derided as ‘bourgeois democracy’ Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► expose yourself to ridicule/criticism etc (=say or do something that may make people laugh at you, criticize you etc) Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► an object of pity/desire/ridicule etc A spendthrift with a regular, secure income is an object of desire among bankers. Because of this, a household obliged to sponsor many feasts gains no prestige, but becomes rather an object of pity. He left Downing Street in 1963 almost an object of ridicule, condemned in Gibbonian terms as the symbol of national decay. Mitch's image alone does not make clear that he will be mocked rather than taken seriously as an object of desire. She became an object of ridicule. Unfortunately Piggy had been demoted to an object of ridicule by this point in the book so nobody listened to him. Yet he is held up as an object of ridicule and loathing throughout the land. to laugh at a person, idea etc and say that they are stupid SYN  mock:  At the time, his ideas were ridiculed.
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