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单词 satirize
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Definition of satirize in English:

satirize

(British satirise)
verb ˈsatɪrʌɪzˈsædəˌraɪz
[with object]
  • Deride and criticize by means of satire.

    the movie satirized the notion of national superiority
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Editorial cartooning is a negative art form: criticizing, satirizing and making fun of authority.
    • Isaac seems to access a switch for historical replay as he satirizes values, ideas and events of the post-Second World War era.
    • This acid comedy satirizes the romantic travails of artsy twenty-somethings.
    • The play tears a strip off beauty pageants, satirizing their supermodel-thin take on what qualifies as beauty.
    • Their actions, inactions, mistakes, goofy procedures and right-wing tendencies are there - just waiting to be satirized.
    • Fatally, however, they crossed over from satirising commentators to criticising player behaviour.
    • The play satirized the nobility and made a commoner - a haircutter, no less - the protagonist.
    • The more directly Andersen's tales draw on his own emotional vulnerabilities or satirize his contemporaries, the more powerful they are.
    • They knew that their society needed to progress, and just to satirize it all the time wasn't going to do that.
    • We'll talk to the creators of the new outrageous political cartoon that satirizes many of the issues we cover on this broadcast.
    • After several years of worrying about how to respond to the war, the motion picture industry even generated a movie satirizing its own anxiety.
    • He was taken by the idea of lampooning the soaps, but was ultimately more interested in satirizing our celebrity-obsessed culture.
    • The English political parties and religious denominations are satirized in the description of the wearers of high heels and low heels, and of the controversy on the question whether eggs should be broken at the big or small end.
    • Goodman satirizes the naïveté and narcissism of that era's utopianism with enormous wit.
    • She teases, criticizes and satirizes American democracy, but she cares so much it's positively palpable.
    • Yes, the film is sporadically funny, and, yes, it satirizes the genre, but I left the movie feeling like I had seen a missed opportunity.
    • Those things that the nation once glorified it now derides and satirizes.
    • He satirizes a variety of targets and yet none more than himself.
    • The first version of the play used the story line of a senior official's abduction by a Mafia boss as a prelude to the main plot which satirized politicians and gangsters.
    • As critically self-reflective as she always is, Rose also satirizes the role of the artist as muse and siren, by presenting herself as both subject and object of desire.
    Synonyms
    mock, ridicule, hold up to ridicule, deride, make fun of, poke fun at, parody, lampoon, burlesque, caricature, take off, travesty
    criticize, censure, pillory
    informal send up
    British informal take the mickey out of
    British vulgar slang take the piss out of
    archaic squib
    rare pasquinade

Derivatives

  • satirization

  • noun satɪrʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n
    • She suggests that the article is a horribly offensive diatribe that grossly over-generalises in its satirisation of the downtrodden Ulster underclass.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For 130 years, their topsy-turvy plots and satirization of love, honour, class and duty have kept audiences packing houses.
 
 

Definition of satirize in US English:

satirize

(British satirise)
verbˈsadəˌrīzˈsædəˌraɪz
[with object]
  • Deride and criticize by means of satire.

    Aristophanes satirized the lack of respect for the laws
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Goodman satirizes the naïveté and narcissism of that era's utopianism with enormous wit.
    • We'll talk to the creators of the new outrageous political cartoon that satirizes many of the issues we cover on this broadcast.
    • The English political parties and religious denominations are satirized in the description of the wearers of high heels and low heels, and of the controversy on the question whether eggs should be broken at the big or small end.
    • Their actions, inactions, mistakes, goofy procedures and right-wing tendencies are there - just waiting to be satirized.
    • The more directly Andersen's tales draw on his own emotional vulnerabilities or satirize his contemporaries, the more powerful they are.
    • Editorial cartooning is a negative art form: criticizing, satirizing and making fun of authority.
    • As critically self-reflective as she always is, Rose also satirizes the role of the artist as muse and siren, by presenting herself as both subject and object of desire.
    • Fatally, however, they crossed over from satirising commentators to criticising player behaviour.
    • The first version of the play used the story line of a senior official's abduction by a Mafia boss as a prelude to the main plot which satirized politicians and gangsters.
    • Those things that the nation once glorified it now derides and satirizes.
    • The play satirized the nobility and made a commoner - a haircutter, no less - the protagonist.
    • He satirizes a variety of targets and yet none more than himself.
    • This acid comedy satirizes the romantic travails of artsy twenty-somethings.
    • They knew that their society needed to progress, and just to satirize it all the time wasn't going to do that.
    • The play tears a strip off beauty pageants, satirizing their supermodel-thin take on what qualifies as beauty.
    • Isaac seems to access a switch for historical replay as he satirizes values, ideas and events of the post-Second World War era.
    • After several years of worrying about how to respond to the war, the motion picture industry even generated a movie satirizing its own anxiety.
    • She teases, criticizes and satirizes American democracy, but she cares so much it's positively palpable.
    • Yes, the film is sporadically funny, and, yes, it satirizes the genre, but I left the movie feeling like I had seen a missed opportunity.
    • He was taken by the idea of lampooning the soaps, but was ultimately more interested in satirizing our celebrity-obsessed culture.
    Synonyms
    mock, ridicule, hold up to ridicule, deride, make fun of, poke fun at, parody, lampoon, burlesque, caricature, take off, travesty
 
 
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