derisory

英 [dɪ'raɪsəri] 美 [dɪ'raɪsəri]

• adj. 嘲笑的；可笑的；少得可怜的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. incongruous;inviting ridicule;

   "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"
   "that's a cockeyed idea"
   "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"
   "a contribution so small as to be laughable"
   "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"
   "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"
   "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. In the first, which Carr sent to Rosenfeld the next week, he called the offer "derisory."
   在一开始
2. Yet in Europe use of natural-gas vehicles is derisory.
   可是欧洲使用天然气的车辆少的可怜。

经典引文

• What would appear to them a derisory sum might be of importance to a poet.

  出自： S. Unwin

• Both rejected the present rate offer as 'derisory'.

  出自：Oxford Times

词汇搭配

• derisive 嘲弄的

近反义词

【近义词】

• caustic 腐蚀性的
• derisive 嘲弄的
• laughable 可笑的
• ridiculous 荒谬的
• pitiful 慈悲的
• insulting 侮辱的
• contemptible 可鄙的
• mean 意思是
• pathetic 可怜的
• inadequate 不适当的
• idiotic 愚蠢的
• ludicrous 荒谬的
• absurd 荒唐的
• preposterous 荒谬的
• nonsensical 没有意义的
• cockeyed 斗鸡眼的