farce

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farce /fɑːs $ fɑːrs/ noun  1  [singular]FAIL an event or a situation that is very badly organized or does not happen properly, in a way that is silly and unreasonable 闹剧场面，一团糟的场面 She admitted that the interview had been a complete farce from start to finish. 她承认，采访从头到尾完全是一场闹剧。2. [countable, uncountable] a humorous play or film in which the characters are involved in complicated and silly situations, or the style of writing or acting that is used 滑稽戏；笑剧；闹剧（风格）

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farce• The speed limits on that stretch of road are a farce.• a farce by Feydeau• More literary games, but here intellectual conceits are mixed with bawdy farce.• But the incidents and the relationships developed along the way give it a wily balance of farce and sentiment.• I think that we should stop this farce, here and now.Origin farce (1500-1600) French Latin farcire “to stuff (= fill with a mixture of cut-up food)”; because early religious plays often had humorous parts put into them

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farce /fɑːs $ fɑːrs/ noun1. [singular] an event or a situation that is very badly organized or does not happen properly, in a way that is silly and unreasonable:
    She admitted that the interview had been a complete farce from start to finish.
2. [uncountable and countable] a humorous play or film in which the characters are involved in complicated and silly situations, or the style of writing or acting that is used

farceBrE /fɑːs/ 🔊NAmE /fɑːrs/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] a funny play for the theatre based on ridiculous and unlikely situations and events; this type of writing or performance 滑稽戏（剧本）；闹剧（剧本）；笑剧（剧本）◆a bedroom farce (= a funny play about sex) 床上笑剧 [countable] a situation or an event that is so unfair or badly organized that it becomes ridiculous 荒唐的事情；闹剧◆The trial was a complete farce. 这次审判完全是一场闹剧。🔊🔊