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单词 sneer
释义
sneer
snɪəʳ snɪr
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense sneers, present participle sneering, past tense , past participle sneered
VERB 讥笑;嘲笑;讥讽 If you sneer at someone or something, you express your contempt for them by the expression on your face or by what you say. 讥笑;嘲笑;讥讽 [Also VERB that]
  • There is too great a readiness to sneer at anything the Opposition does. [VERB + at]

    对反对党的任何举动都想加以嘲笑的心理过于急切了。

  • If you go to a club and you don't look right, you're sneered at. [VERB at noun]

    如果你去夜总会却穿得不合时宜,人家会笑你的。

  • 'Hypocrite,' he sneered. [VERB with quote]

    伪君子,他不屑地说。

  • Although some may sneer, working as a secretary is for many the fastest route to career success. [VERB]

    有些人也许瞧不起秘书的工作,但是对于许多人来说,做秘书却是取得职业成功最为快捷的途径。

SYN scorn, mock, ridicule, laugh
Sneer is also a noun.
  • Canete's mouth twisted in a contemptuous sneer.

    卡内特傲慢而轻蔑地撇了撇嘴。

  • There were always those who dismissed him with a sneer, saying he wasn't British by birth.

    总有人对他不屑一顾,说他不是土生土长的英国人。

Quotations
Who can refute a sneer? Revd. William Paley Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer
Alexander Pope Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot
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