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单词 sarcastic
释义
sarcastic
adjective
uk
/sɑːˈkæs.tɪk/us
/sɑːrˈkæs.tɪk/
(UKinformalsarky)
C2
usingremarksthatclearlymeantheoppositeof what you say, inordertohurtsomeone'sfeelingsor tohumorouslycriticizesomething:
a sarcasticcomment/remark尖刻的评论／话
Are you being sarcastic?你在挖苦人吗？
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  • assail
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  • niggle
  • nitpick
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  • personalization
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sarcastically
(Definition ofsarcasticfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
sarcastic
adjective
uk
/sɑːˈkæs.tɪk/us
/sɑːrˈkæs.tɪk/
(UKinformalsarky)
C2
usingsarcasm
讽刺的，嘲笑的，挖苦的
a sarcasticcomment/remark尖刻的评论／话
Are you being sarcastic?你在挖苦人吗？

Examplesofsarcastic

sarcastic
Even seemingly highminded action must be probed by thissarcasticmistrust, until true motives are revealed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Low scores were characterized by apathetic, indifferent, irritable,sarcastic, or denigrating behavior toward the child.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Sarcasticexpressions are also considered in this chapter, and rightly so because they can be viewed as ambiguous.
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Clearly she had not understood thesarcasticnature of the cooks' compliments.
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That is why colonial society is such an appropriate field forsarcasticdemystification.
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An all too common feature of his discussion is a use of nearly malicious language for the description of particularly terrible facts, which is presumably intended to besarcasticdetachment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
As we will see in section 3, the past tense is used here for reasons of discourse tentativeness, although it may also be meant to besarcastic.
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For example, a speaker may expect an addressee to appreciate that she is beingsarcasticeven when the addressee cannot reasonably know that this is what the speaker intended.
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Nothing butsarcasticcomments and criticisms came from these benches and from the political class while the media maintained a scornful silence.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The foreman was quitesarcasticabout the defects on this type of car.
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Do not let us be toosarcasticabout these beginnings of an international force.
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Whether that interjection wassarcasticor not, the thing is true.
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I entirely accept that; my remarks were genuine and not meant to besarcastic.
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I was not beingsarcasticabout human rights.
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We differ profoundly on many issues, but we have never beensarcasticto each other.
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