1680s, "make ridiculous," from ridicule (n.) or else from French ridiculer, from ridicule. Meaning "make fun of" is from c. 1700. Related: Ridiculed; ridiculing.
ridicule (n.)
1670s, "absurd thing;" 1680s, "words or actions meant to invoke ridicule," from French ridicule, noun use of adjective (15c.), or from Latin ridiculum "laughing matter, joke," from noun use of neuter of ridiculus (see ridiculous).
"He who brings ridicule to bear against truth, finds in his hand a blade without a hilt." [Walter Savage Landor, "Imaginary Conversations"]
实用例句
1. The process of judicial selection was held up to ridicule.
司法选举的过程成为了笑柄。
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2. The gutter press has held the royals up to ridicule.
黄色报刊公然奚落皇室成员。
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3. Such a statement could lay her open to ridicule.
这种言论会让人家笑话她。
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4. As a heavy child, she became the object of ridicule from classmates.
