the use of remarks that clearly mean the opposite of what they say, made in order to hurt someone's feelings or to criticize something in a humorous way讽刺,挖苦,嘲笑
"You have been working hard," he said with heavy sarcasm, as he looked at the empty page.“你工作真卖力,”他看着空白页狠狠地挖苦说道。
ADJECTIVE | ... OF SARCASM | VERB + SARCASM | SARCASM + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤biting, bitter, heavy尖刻的諷刺;辛辣的挖苦▸➤obvious明顯的諷刺➤dry (especially NAmE) 不露聲色的諷刺◇I love him for his cutting wit and dry sarcasm.我喜歡他的機敏才智和不形於色的嘲諷。➤slight略帶諷刺... OF SARCASM➤hint, note, tinge, touch, trace一絲嘲諷;一點兒諷刺◇He made the remark without a hint of sarcasm.他那句話沒有絲毫諷刺意味。VERB + SARCASM➤be full of, be heavy with, drip, drip with (used about sb's voice用於人的聲音)飽含諷刺;充滿譏諷◇His voice dripped (with) sarcasm.他的語氣裏充滿了嘲諷。➤catch, note, notice察覺帶有諷刺;注意到諷刺之意◇James caught the sarcasm in her voice.詹姆斯在她的語調裏察覺到了一絲譏諷的味道。SARCASM + VERB➤drip譏諷流露出來◇'Great!' she said, sarcasm dripping from her voice.“真是太棒了!”她說道,語調裏流露出譏諷。PREPOSITION➤with sarcasm帶有譏諷◇'Your skills amaze me,' she said, with heavy sarcasm.“你的技術真是讓我驚歎啊。”她的話頗有挖苦意味。➤sarcasm in⋯中的譏諷◇I detected a touch of sarcasm in his remarks.我察覺到他的話中有一絲譏諷的味道。