sarcasm

英['sɑːkæzəm]美['sɑːrkæzəm]
  • n. 挖苦；讽刺

    • 记忆方法

    词源记忆法
    古代希腊人喜欢辩论，在娱乐、政治、司法等领域处处都能见到辩论，甚至还出现了一批专门教授修辞学和辩论术的人，即所谓的“智者”或“诡辩家”。古代雅典就是一座辩论之城，希腊的古典哲学就诞生于各种辩论中。在辩论时，优秀的辩论家往往能抓住对方言语中的漏洞，用尖酸刻薄的话加以讽刺，使对手颜面尽失、狼狈不堪。在围观者看来，这种尖酸刻薄的讽刺，就像是用牙齿将对手的肌肤一条条撕咬下来，因此将其称为sarkazein，意思就是“将肉撕咬下来”，其中的sark就是英语词根sarc，表示“肉”，含有该词根的单词有sarcous（肉的）。
      noun(名词)
      1. 讽刺，挖苦，嘲笑

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. 讽刺，挖苦，嘲笑

      “You have been working hard,” he said with heavy sarcasm, as he looked at the empty page.

      “你工作真卖力，”他看着空白页狠狠地挖苦说道。

    小知识

    Irony employed in the service of mocking or attacking someone is sarcasm. Saying “Oh, you're soooo clever!” with sarcasm means the target is really just a dunderhead.

    Sarcasm is sometimes used as merely a synonym of irony, but the word has a more specific sense: irony that's meant to mock or convey contempt. This meaning is found in its etymology. In Greek, sarkazein meant “to tear flesh; to wound.” When you use sarcasm, you really tear into them. A clever person coined the variant spelling sarchasm (a blend of sarcasm and chasm) and defined it as “the gap between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.”

    实用短语

    1. scene sarcasm

      情境反讽

    2. poignant sarcasm

      辛辣的讽刺

    3. piercing sarcasm

      尖刻的讥讽

    4. satire and sarcasm

      反讽

    5. sarcasm and elegance

      风雅观

    6. techniques of sarcasm

      讽刺

    7. fantastic and sarcasm

      荒诞与讽刺

    8. sarcasm and criticism

      讽刺与批判

    单词用法

    词根词缀
    词根 sarc= flesh 肉 sarcasm n. 尖刻讽刺 sarc 肉 + asm 现象 → 尖刻的话像咬掉人一块肉一样 → 尖刻讽刺 sarcastic adj. 讽刺的，嘲笑的 sarc 肉 + astic …的 → 讽刺的，嘲笑的 sarcastically adv. 讽刺地，辛辣地 sarcastic 讽刺的，嘲笑的 + ally …地 → 讽刺地，辛辣地

    同义词

    n.嘲笑,嘲弄,讽刺,辱骂,侮辱

    flout  /  contempt  /  jeer  /  jeering  /  sneer  /  lampoon  /  dig  /  gibe  /  wisecrack  /  satire  /  ridicule  /  mockery  /  hit  /  scoff  /  irony  /  burlesque  /  snideness  /  scorn  /  taunt  /  derision  /  cut  /  put-down

    n.尖刻,刻薄,苛刻,严厉

    stringency  /  astringency  /  acridness  /  sharpness  /  incisiveness  /  mordancy  /  pungency  /  harshness  /  causticity  /  keenness  /  sternness  /  severity  /  pointedness  /  acridity  /  venomousness  /  acrimony

    同根词

    词根：sarcasm

    adj.

    sarcastic挖苦的；尖刻的，辛辣的

    adv.

    sarcastically讽刺地；挖苦地