derisory如何读

英:[dɪˈraɪsəri]

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derisory是什么意思

  • adj.嘲笑的;可笑的;少得可怜的

derisory词根

词根:derisive

adj.

derisive 嘲笑的,嘲弄的;可付之一笑的

adv.

derisively 嘲弄地;嘲笑地

n.

derision 嘲笑;嘲笑的对象

derisory英英释义

Adjective

1. completely devoid of wisdom or good sense;

"the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"

"that's a cockeyed idea"

"ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"

"a contribution so small as to be laughable"

"it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"

"a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"

"her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"

derisory词源中文解释

"以嘲笑或讽刺为特征",来自1610年代的拉丁语 derisorius,源自 derisor “嘲笑者”, deridere “嘲笑”的动词形式,由 de “向下”(见 de-)和 ridere “笑”(见 risible)组成。

derisory词源英文解释

The first known use of derisory was in 1618

derisory 例句

1 The £100 is described as "derisory" by Frazer Scott, chief executive of the charity Energy Action Scotland, which campaigns to reduce fuel poverty.

2 The leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Douglas Ross, raised the issue at First Minister's Questions on Thursday, saying the SPF had described the current pay offer as "derisory".

3 But the approximately $4,000 compensation he offered was deemed “derisory” and rejected by the prime minister’s aide.

4 Police Scotland officers have withdrawn "all goodwill" after being offered a £565 pay rise described as "derisory" by the Scottish Police Federation.

5 The Bank of England faces possible strike action by some staff in a protest at what their union called a “derisory pay settlement.”

6 In this achingly inept thriller, you will see Naomi Watts do what she can to sell a plot of such preposterousness that the derisory laughter around me began barely 20 minutes in.

7 She was being paid what I considered a derisory amount of money.

在我看来,她得到的报酬真是少得可怜。

8 He added: "Many workers would say 4.7% over two years is anything but a derisory offer and it compares well with other industries."

9 Police officers in Scotland will withdraw "all goodwill" after they were offered a "derisory" £565 pay rise, the force's chief constable has been told.

10 The ancient religious custom of tithing - indirectly giving a 10th of one's income to worthy causes - makes modern donations of less than £1 in every £100 seem derisory.

11 Police officers are also considering what industrial action they could take after rejecting a flat £565 annual pay increase as "derisory".

12 Mr Pitcher of Revolution Bars said government grants of £1,000 per pub as compensation for being forced to close were "derisory and insulting".

13 Arsenal are seemingly the latest club to have entered the Harry Maguire saga alongside Manchester United and Manchester City, only to make a derisory transfer enquiry for the Leicester and England centre back well below the Foxes' asking price.

14 The Treasury's "sweetheart deal" with US technology giant Google earlier this year, which covered money owed since 2005, was criticised as derisory by critics.

15 First, the idea that the financial services sector was some sort of unregulated wild west prior to 2008 is derisory.

16 There, the National Weather Service calculated the average wind speed to be a derisory 1.8 mph.

17 Therefore I think it is sufficiently affirmed that for Plato himself, in so far as it he is who speaks here under the name of Apollodoros, the discourse of Pausanias is indeed something derisory.

因此,我认为它足够被肯定,对于柏拉图本人。是他以阿珀洛得罗斯的名义说话,保撒尼亚斯的论述,确实是某件可笑的事。

18 Mr Paisley subsequently said that the term exam factories was "derisory" and "dismisses a significant number of high-achieving young adults in Northern Ireland".

19 Both rejected the present rate offer as 'derisory'.

20 Judge John Plumstead said carrying out the unpaid work would be "humbling" for a prominent showbusiness star but domestic violence charity Refuge called the sentence "derisory" and said it did not fit the crime.

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