satire

• n. 讽刺；讽刺文学，讽刺作品

来自拉丁语 satira,讽刺作品，混杂诗，来自 lanx satura,满盘，杂盘，各种水果混在一起的盘 子，来自 lanx,盘子，词源同 balance,satura,满的，饱和的，阴性格于 satur,满的，饱和的，词 源同 saturate,使饱和。比喻用法，后词义通俗化为讽刺，讥讽。

1. witty language used to convey insults or scorn;

"he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"

"irony is wasted on the stupid"

"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Johathan Swift

satire

satire: [16] A satire is etymologically a ‘verse medley’, an ‘assortment of pieces on various subjects’. The word comes via Old French satire from Latin satira ‘mixture’, an alteration of an earlier satura. This is said to have been derived from satus ‘full’ (a relative of satis ‘enough’, source of English satisfy), and the link in the semantic chain from ‘full’ to ‘mixture’ is ‘plateful of assorted fruit’, the earliest recorded meaning of satura.

By classical times, Latin satira had moved on from being a general literary miscellany to its now familiar role as a ‘literary work ridiculing or denouncing people’s follies or vices’. The word has no etymological connection, incidentally, with satyr ‘Greek woodland god’ [14], which comes ultimately from Greek sáturos, a word of unknown origin.

satire (n.)

late 14c., "work intended to ridicule vice or folly," from Middle French satire (14c.) and directly from Latin satira "satire, poetic medley," earlier satura, in lanx satura "mixed dish, dish filled with various kinds of fruit," literally "full dish," from fem. of satur "sated" (see saturate).

First used in the literary sense in Latin in reference to a collection of poems in various meters on a variety of subjects by the late republican Roman poet Ennius. The matter of the little that survives of his verse does not seem to be particularly satiric, but in classical Latin the word came to mean especially a poem which assailed the prevailing vices, one after another. Altered in Latin by influence of Greek satyr, on mistaken notion that the literary form is related to the Greek satyr drama (see satyr).

Satire, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. In this country satire never had more than a sickly and uncertain existence, for the soul of it is wit, wherein we are dolefully deficient, the humor that we mistake for it, like all humor, being tolerant and sympathetic. Moreover, although Americans are 'endowed by their Creator' with abundant vice and folly, it is not generally known that these are reprehensible qualities, wherefore the satirist is popularly regarded as a sour-spirited knave, and his every victim's outcry for codefendants evokes a national assent. [Ambrose Bierce, "Devil's Dictionary," 1911]

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Proper satire is distinguished, by the generality of the reflections, from a lampoon which is aimed against a particular person, but they are too frequently confounded. [Johnson]

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[I]n whatever department of human expression, wherever there is objective truth there is satire [Wyndham Lewis, "Rude Assignment," 1950]

For nuances of usage, see humor (n.).

satire (v.)

1905, from satire (n.). Related: Satired; satiring.

Even as a satire ( ' , 讽刺 ), it seems disgusting and shocking in America with its child-centered culture.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Even as a satire (讽刺), it seems disgusting and shocking in America with its child-centered culture.

2015年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

I'm watching a great satire called Frankie.

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

political/social satire

政治 / 社会讽刺作品

牛津词典

a work full of savage/biting satire

一部充满无情 / 辛辣讽刺的作品

牛津词典

The novel is a stinging satire on American politics.

这部小说是对美国政治的尖锐讽刺。

牛津词典

The commercial side of the Christmas season is an easy target for satire.

圣诞季商业化的一面很容易招来讥讽。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a sharp satire on the American political process.

一部尖刻讽刺美国政治进程的作品

柯林斯高阶英语词典

His words participate of the nature of satire.

他的话带有讽刺的性质.

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Such contrasts offered excellent opportunities for satire.

这种悬殊给讽时作品提供了上好的机会.

辞典例句

This brilliant, caustic, rambling satire colloquial style which is the result of a mastery of technique.

这篇光辉的, 刻薄的, 但很松散的讽刺叙事诗是以一.

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His descriptions of Gatsby's extravagant parties are closer to satire than eulogy.

他对盖茨比豪华宴会的描述与其说是称赞不如说是讽刺.

辞典例句

Caricatures are usually for amusement or satire.

漫画通常用来取乐或“讽刺”.

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Satire genre novel benefits from the witty and pregnant tradition of the classical satirical poem.

讽刺体小说则得益于我国古代讽刺诗的谐隐诙谑传统.

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This novel by its humorous satire exaggerating technique, concentratedreflection bourgeois democracy false and deceit.

这篇小说以其幽默讽刺的夸张手法, 集中反映了资产阶级民主的虚伪性和欺骗性.

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The author is best known for the acridness of his satire.

这位作家以他刻薄的讽刺而出名.

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Ordinary characters or situations are usually exaggerated far beyond the limits of normal satire or irony.

讽刺是讽刺,不一定是黑色幽默,而王蒙的语言没有达到那个程度.

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He always saw the joke of any satire against himself.

任何对他的嘲笑,他都觉得挺有趣.

辞典例句

It was now that he showed his friend, R. C. Dallas, a new satire, Hints from Horace.

就在这个时候,他把一首新的讽刺诗《霍勒斯的启示》给他的朋友R. C. 达拉斯看.

辞典例句

Her novel is a satire on social snobbery.

她的小说是描写势利小人的讽刺作品.

辞典例句

Pompeii's graffiti includes insults, love declarations, and political satire.

庞贝的涂鸦包括侮辱言辞 、 爱情宣言和政治嘲讽.

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I read this address as a satire.

我觉得这篇讲话是一篇讽刺文.

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The letters between authors are written in a unique style of satire, pungency, profundity and steadiness.

两位作者的通信用一种尖锐 、 辣 、 刻、稳的论战风格写成,别具一格.

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Politicians are legitimate targets for satire.

政治家理所当然是讽刺的靶子.

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Jack showed his dislike plainly in scorching satire.

杰克以尖刻的讽刺直率地表明了自己的厌恶.

《简明英汉词典》

No. Satire is always necessary.

不是的,讽刺是永远需要的.

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Mark Twain's works are characterized by humor and biting satire.

马克?吐温的作品以幽默和尖锐的讽刺为特色.

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Caricatures are usually done for amusement or satire.

漫画通常用来取乐或讽刺.

辞典例句

Satire exists because there is need for it.

讽刺作品之所以存在是因为人们需要它.

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Satire is often a form of protest against injustice.

讽刺往往是一种对不公正的抗议形式.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Her bitter satire confused him a lot.

她辛辣的讽刺让他无地自容.

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Satire is a sort of glass beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.

讽刺是一面镜子,一面只照到别人而照不到自己的镜子.

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