Learner's definition of DERISION
[noncount] formal
: the feeling that people express when they criticize and laugh at someone or something in an insulting way嘲笑；嘲弄；奚落 -
yells of derision嘲讽的叫喊声
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The governor's plan was greeted with derision [=ridicule] by most journalists and pundits.州长的计划受到大多数记者和专家的嘲笑。
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One of the students laughed/snorted in derision at my error.其中一个学生嗤笑我的错误。
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The team's awful record has made it an object of derision in the league.球队糟糕的战绩成了联赛中的笑柄。
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“Nerd” is a term of derision.*nerd是一个嘲讽用语。
— derisive
/dɪˈraɪsɪv/ adjective [more derisive; most derisive]