the subjection of someone or something to mockery and derision
嘲笑,嘲弄,戏弄
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he is held up as an object of ridicule .他被拿出来作为嘲弄对象。
subject (someone or something) to mockery and derision
嘲笑,嘲弄,戏弄
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his theory was ridiculed and dismissed .他的理论遭人嘲笑和摒弃。
"late 17th cent.: from French, or from Latin