| 释义 |
make (a) mock ofHold up to scorn or ridicule: stop making a mock of other people’s business...- After Rosencrantz tells Hamlet of the players' arrival, Polonius enters to tell Hamlet the same thing, which Hamlet makes mock of: ‘I will prophesy, he comes to tell me of the players, mark it.’
- The broadcaster's Head of Light Entertainment at the time was a cautious man who pondered, on reading the first script, ‘Were we making mock of Britain's Finest Hour?’
- He was having a laugh, making mock of his opponent's stature and ranking.
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