Satire



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解释

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• n. 讽刺 ( 作品)
• ［英］ n. 讽刺 ( 作品) ( the use of ridicule, sarcasm, irony to expose, attack, or deride vices, follies)
• ［记］ 可能来自sat ( 满足) +tire ( 拉长) -> 不断地 ( 讽刺) 而满足

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin satura, satira, perhaps from (lanx) satura dish of mixed ingredients, from feminine of satur well-fed; akin to Latin satis enough — more at sad
• Date: 1501
• 1. a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
• 2. trenchant wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly
• Synonyms: see wit

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