satire
CET-6
大学
FREQ #27589
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n. 讽刺文学, 讽刺
发音
US
/ˈsætaɪɹ/
UK
/ˈsætaɪə/
词形变化
satires
复数
satires
别名
satyre
教材释义与例句
名词
讽刺；讽刺文学，讽刺作品
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change or highlighting a shortcoming in the work of another. Imitation, humor, irony, and exaggeration are often used to aid this.
讽刺
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2.
A satirical work.
可数 不可数a stinging satire of American politics.
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3.
Severity of remark.
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词汇关系
词源
From Middle French satire, from Old French, from Latin satira, from earlier satura, from lanx satura (“full dish”), from feminine of satur. Altered in Latin by influence of Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos, “satyr”), on the mistaken notion that the form is related to the Greek σατυρικὸν δράμα (saturikòn dráma, “satyr drama”).
来源：wiktionary