mockery
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mock·e·ry /ˈmɒkəri $ ˈmɑː-/ noun 1 make a mockery of something SHOW/BE A SIGN OFto make something such as a plan or system seem completely useless or ineffective 使某事物显得无用[无效]，是对某事物的嘲讽 This building plan makes a mockery of the government’s environmental policy. 这个建筑规划是对政府环境政策的嘲讽。2 [uncountable]MAKE FUN OF when someone laughs at someone or something or shows that they think they are stupid 嘲笑，嘲弄 There was a hint of mockery in his voice. 他的话音里带着一丝嘲讽。3 [singular]USELESS something that is completely useless or ineffective 无用[无效]的东西，笑话 She said that the trial had been a mockery. 她说那场审判很可笑。
Examples from the Corpus
mockery• An embargo without enforcement would be a mockery.• He had made a mockery of justice.• Once again it did not honour its commitments, he says, thereby making a mockery of the Good Friday agreement.• I went to college once and engaged in my share of spoofs and mockery.• Because his mockery or contempt on top of everything else would devastate her.• But his eyes still held the old mockery and the remembered cynicism.• There was no harshness or mockery in the sound now.• Kline's mockery of Palin's stuttering in the movie was offensive.• Take the aquatic bear for which Darwin suffered such mockery.• She glanced up, met those extraordinary eyes, and saw from the mockery in them that she'd been right.mock·e·ry nounChineseSyllable
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mockery
mock‧e‧ry /ˈmɒkəri $ ˈmɑː-/
noun
1. make a mockery of something to make something such as a plan or system seem completely useless or ineffective:
This building plan makes a mockery of the government’s environmental policy.
2. [uncountable] when someone laughs at someone or something or shows that they think they are stupid:
There was a hint of mockery in his voice.
3. [singular] something that is completely useless or ineffective:
She said that the trial had been a mockery.
mock‧e‧ry /ˈmɒkəri $ ˈmɑː-/
noun1. make a mockery of something to make something such as a plan or system seem completely useless or ineffective:
2. [uncountable] when someone laughs at someone or something or shows that they think they are stupid:
3. [singular] something that is completely useless or ineffective:
