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Mockery is laughing at someone, or making fun of them in a way that is meant to hurt, not to be friendly. If people 'make a mockery of' something, like a rule or a plan, it means their actions make that thing look silly, weak, or worthless — even if that wasn't the original goal. For example, if a court case is unfair, people might say it 'made a mockery of justice.'
嘲弄、愚弄；「make a mockery of」則是指使某件事顯得很荒謬、很失敗。
組成mock (to make fun of someone by copying them in an unkind way) + -ery (a suffix that turns a verb into a noun about that kind of behavior).
同家族的字
- braverysame -ery ending, turning 'brave' into a noun about that quality
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
mockerynoun/ˈmɒkəɹi/
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The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
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Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
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obsoleteSomething insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
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Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.
- The defendant wasn't allowed to speak at his own trial - it was a mockery of justice.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。