- 1挖苦、諷刺（「諷刺」也含 satire，不完全等於 sarcasm）
Sarcasm is a way of speaking or writing where you say the opposite of what you really mean, so that the other person feels the sting. You might say 'Nice work' when you mean the opposite, or 'Oh, brilliant' when something has gone wrong. The point is not to hide the truth; the point is that the listener is supposed to hear the real feeling underneath — , scorn, or an joke. Tone of voice does a lot of the work, which is why sarcasm in a text message so often misfires. It can be light teasing between friends, but it can also be a way to cut someone down in public. It is common in English, and adults use it more freely than textbooks admit. Though actually, people mix it up with irony. Irony can be a situation that turns out the opposite of what you expected, with nobody making a joke. Sarcasm is somebody's voice, aimed at a person or a thing, and it usually wants to hurt a little or to show you are fed up. The old Greek picture behind the word is speech that tears flesh — which is a bit dramatic, but you can feel why they chose it.
From the word’s history
From Late Latin sarcasmus, from Greek sarkasmos 'a sneer', from sarkazō 'to gnash the teeth' (lit. strip off the flesh), from sarx 'flesh'.
經拉丁文來自希臘文 sarkasmos「冷笑」，源自 sarx「肉」。
組成From Late Latin sarcasmus, from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós), 'a sneer'. That comes from σαρκάζω (sarkázō), 'to strip off the flesh' or 'to gnash the teeth', from σάρξ (sárx), 'flesh'. So the old picture is speech that tears at someone.
同家族的字
- sarcasticthe adjective: a sarcastic remark is one that uses sarcasm
- sarcasticallythe adverb: how you say it
- sarcophagusshares Greek sárx, 'flesh' — here 'flesh-tearing' talk, there a 'flesh-eating' stone box
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
sarcasmnoun/ˈsɑːɹˌkæzəm/
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Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.
- Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.
- 2015, Alex Kozinski, Demuth v. County of Los Angeles, 798 F.3d 837, 839 (9th Cir. 2015). While challenging someone equipped with a badge, handcuffs and a gun to “arrest me” was unwise on Demuth’s part, we fail to see what legal difference her statement makes. Demuth certainly could not authorize her own arrest and, in any event, Li could not reasonably have believed that Demuth was volunteering for handcuffs. Demuth was obviously employing “a literary device known as sarcasm.” [Citation omitted.] Her statement was a snide way of refusing; no reasonable officer could have thought otherwise.
- 2
An individual act of the above.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。