詞彙精選：sneer的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

n.

譏笑，嘲笑，譏諷，冷笑

例句：

The article in the paper was a sneer at business.

報紙上的那篇文章是對商業的譏諷。

例句：

Canete's mouth twisted in a contemptuous sneer.

卡內特傲慢而輕蔑地撇了撇嘴。

v.

譏笑，嘲笑，譏諷，冷笑

例句：

Now the people sneer at me, the very hills and sky seem to laugh at me till I blush shamefully for my folly.

現在，人們在譏笑我，山川和天空也似乎在嘲笑我，直到我爲自己的愚蠢而羞愧得滿面通紅。

例句：

If you go to a club and you don't look right, you're sneered at.

如果你去夜總會卻穿得不合時宜，人家會笑你的。

二、詞義辨析：

laugh,smile,giggle,grin,beam,sneer

這些動詞均含“笑”之意。laugh最常用詞，指因喜悅、愉快或輕視而出聲的笑或大笑。smile指面露微笑，側重於無聲。giggle指發出咯咯的笑聲，較多地用於女人或孩子。 grin指露齒而笑。beam書面用詞，指人因心情舒暢而發出的笑，即喜形於色地笑。sneer指冷笑、嘲笑。

三、參考例句：

He said with a sneer.

他的話中帶有嘲笑之意.

The article in the paper was a sneer at business.

報紙上的那篇文章是對商業的譏諷。

There had something of a slouch and a sneer in his bearing.

他的臉上帶着一副心灰意懶而又不屑一顧的神情。

Now the people sneer at me, the very hills and sky seem to laugh at me till I blush shamefully for my folly.

現在，人們在譏笑我，山川和天空也似乎在嘲笑我，直到我爲自己的愚蠢而羞愧得滿面通紅。

Imagine: no one to sneer if you want to find the local art house cinema and watch old black-and-white movies all day.

想象一下：沒人會笑你想要找個當地的藝術小屋電影院，看老掉牙的黑白電影看上一整天。

But in this case, its popularity seems to be down to the fact that it encapsulates China's changing society so well - many people sneer at those with wealth, but are secretly jealous.

但是對於“土豪”這個詞，它之所以如此流行似乎是因爲，歸根結底，它正是中國社會轉型的一個縮影——許多人對這些擁有財富的人表面鄙夷，暗中卻非常妒忌。