单词 | deride |
释义 | deride From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishderidede‧ride /dɪˈraɪd/ verb [transitive] formalINSULTto make remarks or jokes that show you think someone or something is silly or useless SYN mock, → derisive You shouldn’t deride their efforts.deride somebody as something The party was derided as totally lacking in ideas.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusderide• Andrew Jackson, the first president from the western frontier, was unjustly accused of bigamy and derided as an unschooled ignoramus.• Marxism has been frequently derided for its explanations of political behaviour in Western democracies.• Leave it to the intellectuals to deride romance novels.Origin deride (1500-1600) Latin deridere, from ridere “to laugh” |
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