derisory

读音：[di'raisəri]

adj.嘲笑的,可笑的, 少得可怜的

a.

1. 可笑的; 微不足道的

2. 嘲笑的

derisory

词义辨析：

同义参见:

derisive  caustic   derisoryderisory[diˈraisəri]adj.
1.翻译：嘲笑的,嘲弄的

derisory[di'raisəri]adj.
1.翻译：嘲笑的，嘲弄的，愚弄的
2.翻译：幼稚(或不适当、荒谬、微不足道得)可笑的

derisory
[dɪˈrʌɪs(ə)ri, -z-]
adjective
ridiculously small or inadequate
小（或少）得荒谬的
they were given a derisory pay rise.
他们的工资增长少得可笑。
another term for derisive:
同 derisive:
his derisory gaze swept over her.
他用嘲弄的目光扫视她。语源
early 17th cent. (in the sense 'derisive'): from late Latin derisorius, from deris- 'scoffed at', from the verb deridere (see derision)用法
Although the words derisory and derisive share similar roots they have different core meanings. Derisory usually means ‘ridiculously small or inadequate’, as in a derisory pay offer or the security arrangements were derisoryDerisive, on the other hand, is used to mean ‘showing contempt’, as in he gave a derisive laugh

derisory

形容词 derisory:

incongruous;inviting ridicule

同义词：absurd, cockeyed, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous

derisory

1. "Nicolas Sarkozy does not intend to give up on it, whatever the derisory manoeuvres that only serve to harm creative diversity," his office said in a statement.

“尼古拉斯萨克奇不打算放弃这个法案，无论那些只会伤害创新多元化的微不足道的手段是什么，”他的办公室在一份发言中说道。

2. Lewis, though a spokesman, said the offer 'is derisory, and I do not believe that shareholders will approve it.

他通过发言人表示，那样一个出价“简直是在嘲笑我们，我不相信股东们会同意”。

3. Yet in Europe use of natural-gas vehicles is derisory.

可是欧洲使用天然气的车辆少的可怜。

4. It “emphatically rejected” Kraft's direct offer to its shareholders, adding, just for good measure, that it was “derisory”.

吉百利“强烈反对”卡夫食品向其股东发出收购要约，另外还说，卡夫食品的这一做法“很搞”。

5. As credit markets all but closed, the cheap loans on which they relied dried up.Companies started to change hands for prices that would have seemed derisory just months earlier.

因为信贷市场关闭，这些行业的大公司赖以生存的低息贷款失去来源，他们不得不开始将它们以几个月前看来低的简直令人发笑的价格转手。

6. Allied action on the Western front during Hitler's conquest of Poland was derisory.

在希特勒占领波兰期间，盟军在西线几乎没有动作。

7. Heavy-foot made a derisory noise, proving that he didn't recognize irony when he heard it.

大脚发出了嘲弄的笑声,证明他根本不懂得反话。

8. Her bid was dismissed as a “derisory” offer from a “low-growth conglomerate”.

她的报价遭到拒绝，因为这是来自一家“低增长集团”的“荒谬”报价。

9. And investment in sanitation has been stuck at a derisory 0.2% of GDP for the past seven years, leaving a quarter of Brazil's urban population lacking access to sewerage.

对卫生设施的投资过去7年来只维持在占GDP0.2%的可笑水平，导致四分之一的巴西市区人口排污能力不足。

10. What matters for Cuban livelihoods is access to hard currency, through remittances or a widespread informal economy, rather than derisory wages or the threadbare official ration system.

对古巴人的日常生活而言，保持硬通货是非常重要的，这就需要接受国外汇款或广泛的非正式经济活动，而不是少得可怜的薪水或俗套的官方配额制度。

11. Cambodian textile workers, who make many of the clothes on sale in the US and Europe, say this wage is derisory.

而为欧美市场生产大量服装的柬埔寨纺织工人们则认为，这份工资是可笑的。

12. a contribution so small as to be derisory.

贡献如此之小以致受人嘲笑