sardonic

英 [sɑːˈdɒnɪk]

美 [sɑːrˈdɑːnɪk]

adj.  轻慢的; 轻蔑的; 嘲弄的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 轻慢的；轻蔑的；嘲弄的
  showing that you think that you are better than other people and do not take them seriously
  1. a sardonic smile
     讪笑

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 冷嘲的;讥讽的
  If you describe someone assardonic, you mean their attitude to people or things is humorous but rather critical.
  1. ...a big, sardonic man, who intimidated his students.
     令学生胆怯的身材魁梧、爱嘲讽人的男人
  2. ...a sardonic sense of humour.
     冷嘲式的幽默感

双语例句

• He was full of sardonic humour.
  他充满了讥讽的幽默感。
• SPOILER: Heath Ledger improvised when he started clapping inside his jail cell in a mocking and sardonic capacity as Gordon is promoted.
  剧透：当戈登升职时希斯·莱杰开始在牢房里用一种讥讽挖苦的表情拍手，这其实是他的一段即兴表演。
• A flippant, typically sardonic remark or retort. That is a clever hit.
  妙语俏皮话，妙语，尤指讽刺的话或反驳这是一句巧妙的俏皮话话。
• Later, from the 1960s and again in England, where she settled and still lives, she carried out sardonic, witty work for Queen and the Sunday Times.
  后来，从20世纪60年代开始，又是在英格兰（她定居并生活至今的地方），她为女王和《星期日泰晤士报》（SundayTimes）创作讽刺、机智的作品。
• He gave her the box with a slightly sardonic smile and watched her while she put it on again and preened herself.
  他把盒子给她，脸上流露着微带嘲讽的笑容，望着她把帽子再一次戴上并端详自己的容貌。
• And now he was back, insulting, sardonic, out of reach.
  现在他又回来侮辱她，嘲弄她，叫她无可奈何。
• The general drew himself up, clinging to the curtain; He held himself erect, and his face wore its customary sardonic smile.
  将军直挺起身子，紧紧地抓住门帘；他挺直了身体，依旧冷冷地微笑。
• He uttered a sardonic chuckle.
  他嘿地发出一声讥讽的冷笑。
• Welcomed her pithy comments; the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams-Hervey Allen.
  欢迎她的精练评论；唐·路易斯写作讽刺诗的独特的讽刺和精练的风格&赫尔凡·艾伦。
• A sardonic young man who never joined in the fun.
  一个从不和大家在一起玩的傲视同群的小伙子。