sneer
pronunciation
UK [snɪə(r)]
US [snɪr]
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- vi.
- 讥笑,冷笑
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- n.
- 嘲笑,冷笑
- 讥笑的表情(言语)
Word Origin
sneer 嘲笑,讥讽
来自辅音丛 sn-,鼻子,闻,嗅,发鼻音,比较 sneer,snore,snicker,sniff,snuff.引申词义嘲笑, 讥讽。
Example
- 1. Autocrats need not sneer at the troubles of western democracies .
- 独裁国家不需要嘲笑西方民主国家的麻烦。
- 2. The phrase " til death do us part " is something I sneer at .
- 我嘲笑“直到死亡将我们分开”之类的话语。
- 3. The technology industry likes to sneer at microsoft as a follower .
- 业界喜欢讥讽微软是一个跟风者。
- 4. Europeans may sneer at chinese tourists who pursue beethoven , bordeaux and hugo boss with the same undiscriminating avidity .
- 欧洲人可能会嘲笑中国游客对贝多芬,波尔多红酒,雨果.波士毫无区分的虚妄的追求。
- 5. So rather than sneer at europe 's impotence , the world should be asking whether europe can rediscover its vigour-and if so how .
- 由此可见,世界各国应该关心欧洲是否能够重新发现它的活力,以及如果发现如何激活的问题,而不是嘲笑欧洲的无能。
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