mockery

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mock·e·ry /ˈmɒkəri $ ˈmɑː-/ noun

1 make a mockery of something SHOW/BE A SIGN OFto make something such as a plan or system seem completely useless or ineffective 使某事物顯得無用[無效]，是對某事物的嘲諷

This building plan makes a mockery of the government’s environmental policy.

這個建築規劃是對政府環境政策的嘲諷。

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make a mockery of something• He had stolen the best months of her life and made a mockery of her love.• She had betrayed both him and me, and made a mockery of her feelings; of the entire tragedy itself.• Large jury awards are making a mockery of the justice system, we are told.• By being slow to drop the rates, the banks make a mockery of the Government's policy.• These endless appeals and delays make a mockery of justice.• The losing Pittsburgh Steelers for making a mockery of their underdog status.• The Western world is making a mockery of us.• But Labourpoliticians and women's groups accused him of making a mockery of the Government's efforts to tackle domestic violence.• They have always been unseemly, since they make a mockery of the moral values they purport to uphold.• Excluding the Balts would make a mockery of expansion.

2 [uncountableU]MAKE FUN OF when someone laughs at someone or something or shows that they think they are stupid 嘲笑，嘲弄

There was a hint of mockery in his voice.

他的話音裏帶着一絲嘲諷。

3 [singular]USELESS something that is completely useless or ineffective 無用[無效]的東西，笑話

She said that the trial had been a mockery.

她說那場審判很可笑。

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mockery• An embargo without enforcement would be a mockery.• He had made a mockery of justice.• Once again it did not honour its commitments, he says, thereby making a mockery of the Good Friday agreement.• I went to college once and engaged in my share of spoofs and mockery.• Because his mockery or contempt on top of everything else would devastate her.• But his eyes still held the old mockery and the remembered cynicism.• There was no harshness or mockery in the sound now.• Kline's mockery of Palin's stuttering in the movie was offensive.• Take the aquatic bear for which Darwin suffered such mockery.• She glanced up, met those extraordinary eyes, and saw from the mockery in them that she'd been right.

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