词组 | satire |
释义 | satire /ˈsætaɪə $ -taɪr/ noun the use of humour to criticize something by making it seem stupid, or a play, book, film etc that uses this type of humouradjectivespolitical satire Her new TV show will include a lot of political satire.social satire The book is a social satire of the English class system.savage/biting/scathing satire (=which has very strong or angry criticism) His next film was a biting satire of American politics.gentle satire ‘Welcome To LA’ was a gentle satire of life in Southern California.verbsuse satire In his book, Voltaire uses satire to show the weaknesses in Leibniz’s argument.write a satire Achebe wrote a satire on corruption in Africa.prepositions a satire on/about sth The book is a satire on fashionable London society. |
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