satirize

英 [ˈsætəraɪz]

美 [ˈsætəraɪz]

v.  讽刺; 讥讽

过去分词：satirized　第三人称单数：satirizes　现在分词：satirizing　过去式：satirized　

GRE

BNC.39766 / COCA.21669

牛津词典

verb

• 讽刺；讥讽
  to use satire to show the faults in a person, an organization, a system, etc.

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 satirise


• VERB 讽刺;讥讽;嘲讽
  If yousatirizea person or group of people, you use satire to criticize them or make fun of them in a play, film, or novel.
  1. The newspaper came out weekly. It satirized political leaders.
     该报纸每周一期，讽刺各位政治领导人。

英英释义

verb

• ridicule with satire
  1. The writer satirized the politician's proposal
  Synonym:satiriselampoon

双语例句

• Now, some satirize "Curse of the Golden Flower" lures people to theater by a dozen of fleshy and white breasts, which can make a good comparison to steamed breads.
  现在，有人认为《黄金甲》就是利用女演员那些完全可以和馒头相媲美的丰满白皙的胸部来吸引观众。
• Joseph Heller's first novel Catch-22 creates a world used to satirize the immoral and absurd American life and society.
  约瑟夫·海勒的第一部长篇小说《第二十二条军规》创造了一个讽刺美国荒谬、不道德的社会生活的世界。
• He is used by Dunham to satirize the contemporary issue of terrorism.
  他明显是个用来讽刺恐怖主义的人物。
• This three-character expression, which originally meant "you win" with the first character carrying the same pronunciation as garlic in Chinese, is used to satirize soaring garlic and food prices this winter.
  蒜（算）你狠便是其中之一。这三个汉字原意为你赢了，而在中文里，算与蒜发音相同。人们用蒜你狠来讽刺今冬大蒜和其他食品价格的飞涨。
• Mr. Lu is good at using animals to symbolize and metaphorize his characters in the works in order to compliment or satirize different kinds of intellectuals in that society.
  鲁迅先生非常善于运用动物来象征，隐喻或褒扬或讽刺当时各种各样的知识分子。
• Contrary to Utopias beautification of the future, the literary tradition of Dystopia exaggerates the dark sides of reality to an extreme so as to satirize reality.
  与美化未来的乌托邦文学相反，反面乌托邦文学所描述的未来是把现实社会的黑暗面夸大到最坏程度，以讽刺社会现实。
• Heller uses black humor to satirize the absurdity of war and modern society, and by taking an existential view, he supports the value of human existence and the individual human life.
  以存在主义哲学为思想基础并凭借黑色幽默这一独特的写作手法，海勒讽刺了战争和社会的混乱不堪以维护人类生存的价值和基本意义。
• He drew the painting Mice to satirize the Japanese invaders and wrote several poems to express his anger.
  他画了《群鼠图》以讽刺日本侵略者，还写了不少抒发国破之愤的诗。
• To ridicule with a pasquinade; satirize or lampoon.
  用讽刺文章进行嘲讽；
• A moralist, Krylov used popular language to satirize human weaknesses, social customs, and political events.
  为了宣扬正义，克雷洛夫通过通俗的语言讽刺了人性的弱点、社会的恶习和政治事件。