The truth must never get out. If it did she would be a laughing-stock.真相决不能泄露出去。一旦传出去, 她会成为笑柄的。

He was the laughing stock of the class.他是全班的笑柄。

Britain has now become a complete laughing stock in international sporting circles.英国如今成了国际体育界耻笑的对象。

We risked becoming the laughing stock of the developed world.我们冒着沦为发达世界笑柄的风险。

His policies became the laughing stock of the financial community.他的政策成了金融界的笑柄。