OK, let's go back to our question – 'sarcastic' has a very specific meaning – using words with an opposite meaning to criticise or mock someone. Jiaying "Sarcastic"的意思是"(用话语)讽刺的,冷嘲热讽的".而形容词"ironic"所 "讽刺"的情况则更广泛,意...
Some Chinese college students mock themselves as “小镇做题家,” or in English “book smarts from small towns,” which literally meaning academic superstars from small towns or villages who fail to blend into the urban campus life. Th...
16.The Tragic Consciousness of Laoshe and the Tragic in His Works;论老舍的悲剧意识及其小说的悲剧性 17.The Tragedy of the "Autumn in the Palace of Han"从西方悲剧理论看《汉宫秋》的悲剧性 18.(theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not...
This is yet another example of smart Chinese Internet users applying their creativity to an aged phrase and giving it new life and meaning.The term,which literally means"country bully",has been around since ancient times,when it was used to refer to rich and powerful rural landlords....
The deceased requested his remains be crammed inside a garish white and blue coffin with a plastic see-through lid in order to entice mourners to sample his treats. Donald Rumsfeld, who famously claimed killing Saddam Hussein created “a more stable world,” is now decaying into 32 grams of ...
1.句意理解题:从第二段的句子:This is yet another example of smart Chinese Internet users applying their creativity to an aged phrase and giving it new life and meaning.可知这里讲的是“土豪”的含义的改变:Changes 2.原词重现:从第二段的句子:The term, which literally means "country bully",has...
should be perfectly fine to use in a wedding message.I was a little concerned about the meaning...
However,the meaning of the word changed significantly when it was adapted a few years ago by Chinese players of the wildly popular computer game"World of Warcraft"to refer to rich players who spend big money buying powerful virtual weapons.Because they don't improve their skills by playing,...
" literally "to strip off the flesh" (like dogs), fromsarx(genitivesarkos) "flesh," properly "piece of meat" (seesarco-). The modern form of the English word is from 1610s. "Now usually in a generalized sense: sarcastic language; sarcastic meaning or purpose" [OED]. Also seehumor(...