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laughing stock

英 [ˈlɑːfɪŋ stɒk]

美 [ˈlæfɪŋ stɑːk]

n.  笑柄; 笑料

牛津词典

    noun

    • 笑柄;笑料
      a person that everyone laughs at because they have done sth stupid
      1. I can't wear that! I'd be a laughing stock.
        我可不能戴那个东西!否则会成为笑柄的。

    柯林斯词典

    • N-COUNT 笑柄;笑料
      If you say that a person or an organization has becomea laughing stock, you mean that they are supposed to be important or serious but have been made to seem ridiculous.
      1. The truth must never get out. If it did she would be a laughing-stock.
        真相一定不能传出去。万一传出去,她会成为笑柄。
      2. ...his policies became the laughing stock of the financial community.
        他的政策成了金融界的笑柄

    双语例句

    • He become the laughing stock when his pants split open.
      他的裤子开裂使他成为众人的笑柄。
    • He used to be a laughing stock in his class.
      他过去是班上的笑柄。
    • Today, HP is no longer the laughing stock it once was in the corporate director community.
      如今,惠普不再是公司董事会团体里的笑柄。
    • He did not get his hare but became a laughing stock in the state.
      当然,兔子是没等到,他自己却成了宋国的笑柄。
    • She was so eager to get a promotion that she faked some of the results in her last research report and now she's a laughing stock among her colleagues.
      由于她迫切地想得到提升,她在上一次的研究报告里假报了一部份成果,结果现在她在同事们当中成了一个笑柄。
    • An Iranian state news agency covered this as real news. The news agency immediately became an international laughing stock.
      一家伊朗国家新闻机构把该消息当做真实新闻来报道,顿时成为国际笑柄。
    • For a start you would be a laughing stock.
      首先,你会成为人们的笑料。
    • And I am a laughing stock in my own town!
      而我成为了我自己城镇的笑柄!
    • In "a dream of red mansions", grandma Liu is a laughing stock in the eyes of many in the grand garden.
      《红楼梦》中,刘姥姥在大观园里是人们眼中的宝货。
    • You're the laughing stock of the entire fashion world.
      你成了时装界的笑柄。