英语词汇“satire”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

satire

/ˈsatʌɪə

noun [mass noun]

1The use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues: the crude satire seems to be directed at the fashionable protest singers of the time...

Some pointed out the film's emotional power, others its use of irony and satire to criticize fascism.
Tan's mild political satire maintains a wry humour that complements the general comic tone.
Through humour, satire, and a range of experiments with language, the collection offers an oblique commentary on Caribbean society.

Synonyms

mockery, ridicule, derision, scorn, caricature;

irony, sarcasm

1.1 [count noun] A play, novel, film, or other work which uses satire: a stinging satire on American politics...

The film is an incisive satire on religion and British society, with the Church of England hierarchy particularly coming in for a skewering.
Although set in the future, Owen's play is a satire on our preoccupation with surfaces.
The play is to be perceived as a satire on big business, which these piddling rogues try to emulate and, in their puny way, supposedly mirror.

Synonyms

parody, burlesque, caricature, lampoon, skit, take-off, squib, travesty

informal spoof, send-up

British vulgar slang piss-take

rare pasquinade, pasticcio

1.2A genre of literature characterized by the use of satire: a number of articles on Elizabethan satire...

He was a pioneer in various genres including satire, literary criticism, and drama.
In English literature, satire may be held to have begun with Chaucer, who was followed by many 15th-cent. writers, including Dunbar.
Like both satire and the sentimental, the uncanny as a literary category has been the subject of significant theoretical work.

1.3 [count noun] (In Latin literature) a literary miscellany, especially a poem ridiculing prevalent vices or follies.My evidence for both of these assertions is to be found in a particular Horatian poem: number five in the first book of Horace's satires, commonly referred to as ‘A Journey to Brundisium.’...

Horace's satire and Jonson's epigram have proven similarly resistant to efforts at critical appreciation.
For many readers, this moment of unexpected sexual explicitness drives the general grittiness of Horace's satire beyond the pale of propriety.

Origin

Early 16th century: from French, or from Latin satira, later form of satura 'poetic medley'.

saturnine from Late Middle English:
In medieval astrology the planet Saturn represented lead, and those born under its influence could expect to be gloomy, sluggish, and cold. Belief in planetary influence may no longer be scientific, but the description saturnine lives on. The planet takes its name from the Roman god Saturn, the equivalent of Greek Cronus or Kronos, who had been the supreme god until Zeus dethroned him. Saturday (Old English) was ‘the day of Saturn’ in Roman times. Satire (early 16th century) has no connection with Saturn, nor with satyrs. It comes from Latin satura ‘poetic medley’ later used in the modern sense, while where the Greeks got the term for the goatish satyrs (Late Middle English) is not known. See also jovial

单词	satire
释义	satire /ˈsatʌɪə / noun [mass noun] 1The use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues: the crude satire seems to be directed at the fashionable protest singers of the time... Some pointed out the film's emotional power, others its use of irony and satire to criticize fascism. Tan's mild political satire maintains a wry humour that complements the general comic tone. Through humour, satire, and a range of experiments with language, the collection offers an oblique commentary on Caribbean society. Synonyms mockery, ridicule, derision, scorn, caricature; irony, sarcasm 1.1 [count noun] A play, novel, film, or other work which uses satire: a stinging satire on* American politics... The film is an incisive satire on religion and British society, with the Church of England hierarchy particularly coming in for a skewering. Although set in the future, Owen's play is a satire on our preoccupation with surfaces. The play is to be perceived as a satire on big business, which these piddling rogues try to emulate and, in their puny way, supposedly mirror. Synonyms parody, burlesque, caricature, lampoon, skit, take-off, squib, travesty informal* spoof, send-up British vulgar slang piss-take rare pasquinade, pasticcio 1.2A genre of literature characterized by the use of satire: a number of articles on Elizabethan satire... He was a pioneer in various genres including satire, literary criticism, and drama. In English literature, satire may be held to have begun with Chaucer, who was followed by many 15th-cent. writers, including Dunbar. Like both satire and the sentimental, the uncanny as a literary category has been the subject of significant theoretical work. 1.3 [count noun] (In Latin literature) a literary miscellany, especially a poem ridiculing prevalent vices or follies.My evidence for both of these assertions is to be found in a particular Horatian poem: number five in the first book of Horace's satires, commonly referred to as ‘A Journey to Brundisium.’... Horace's satire and Jonson's epigram have proven similarly resistant to efforts at critical appreciation. For many readers, this moment of unexpected sexual explicitness drives the general grittiness of Horace's satire beyond the pale of propriety. Origin Early 16th century: from French, or from Latin satira, later form of satura 'poetic medley'. saturnine from Late Middle English: In medieval astrology the planet Saturn represented lead, and those born under its influence could expect to be gloomy, sluggish, and cold. Belief in planetary influence may no longer be scientific, but the description saturnine lives on. The planet takes its name from the Roman god Saturn, the equivalent of Greek Cronus or Kronos, who had been the supreme god until Zeus dethroned him. Saturday (Old English) was ‘the day of Saturn’ in Roman times. Satire (early 16th century) has no connection with Saturn, nor with satyrs. It comes from Latin satura ‘poetic medley’ later used in the modern sense, while where the Greeks got the term for the goatish satyrs (Late Middle English) is not known. See also jovial
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