satire

• n. 讽刺；讽刺文学，讽刺作品

词态变化

中文词源

来自拉丁语 satira,讽刺作品，混杂诗，来自 lanx satura,满盘，杂盘，各种水果混在一起的盘 子，来自 lanx,盘子，词源同 balance,satura,满的，饱和的，阴性格于 satur,满的，饱和的，词 源同 saturate,使饱和。比喻用法，后词义通俗化为讽刺，讥讽。

英文词源

satire

satire: [16] A satire is etymologically a ‘verse medley’, an ‘assortment of pieces on various subjects’. The word comes via Old French satire from Latin satira ‘mixture’, an alteration of an earlier satura. This is said to have been derived from satus ‘full’ (a relative of satis ‘enough’, source of English satisfy), and the link in the semantic chain from ‘full’ to ‘mixture’ is ‘plateful of assorted fruit’, the earliest recorded meaning of satura.

By classical times, Latin satira had moved on from being a general literary miscellany to its now familiar role as a ‘literary work ridiculing or denouncing people’s follies or vices’. The word has no etymological connection, incidentally, with satyr ‘Greek woodland god’ [14], which comes ultimately from Greek sáturos, a word of unknown origin.

satire (n.)

late 14c., "work intended to ridicule vice or folly," from Middle French satire (14c.) and directly from Latin satira "satire, poetic medley," earlier satura, in lanx satura "mixed dish, dish filled with various kinds of fruit," literally "full dish," from fem. of satur "sated" (see saturate).

First used in the literary sense in Latin in reference to a collection of poems in various meters on a variety of subjects by the late republican Roman poet Ennius. The matter of the little that survives of his verse does not seem to be particularly satiric, but in classical Latin the word came to mean especially a poem which assailed the prevailing vices, one after another. Altered in Latin by influence of Greek satyr, on mistaken notion that the literary form is related to the Greek satyr drama (see satyr).

Satire, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. In this country satire never had more than a sickly and uncertain existence, for the soul of it is wit, wherein we are dolefully deficient, the humor that we mistake for it, like all humor, being tolerant and sympathetic. Moreover, although Americans are 'endowed by their Creator' with abundant vice and folly, it is not generally known that these are reprehensible qualities, wherefore the satirist is popularly regarded as a sour-spirited knave, and his every victim's outcry for codefendants evokes a national assent. [Ambrose Bierce, "Devil's Dictionary," 1911]

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Proper satire is distinguished, by the generality of the reflections, from a lampoon which is aimed against a particular person, but they are too frequently confounded. [Johnson]

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[I]n whatever department of human expression, wherever there is objective truth there is satire [Wyndham Lewis, "Rude Assignment," 1950]

For nuances of usage, see humor (n.).

satire (v.)

1905, from satire (n.). Related: Satired; satiring.

双语例句

1. It's a satire somewhat in the manner of Dickens.

这部讽刺作品有点狄更斯的风格。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The movie is a clever satire on the advertising industry.

那部影片是关于广告业的一部巧妙的讽刺作品.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Satire is often a form of protest against injustice.

讽刺往往是一种对不公正的抗议形式.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. Jack showed his dislike plainly in scorching satire.

杰克以尖刻的讽刺直率地表明了自己的厌恶.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Sunset Boulevard was originally conceived by Wilder as an astringent satire on Hollywood.

怀尔德最初是想把《日落大道》拍成一部对好莱坞的辛辣讽刺片。

来自柯林斯例句