词汇精选：sneer的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

讥笑，嘲笑，讥讽，冷笑

例句：

The article in the paper was a sneer at business.

报纸上的那篇文章是对商业的讥讽。

例句：

Canete's mouth twisted in a contemptuous sneer.

卡内特傲慢而轻蔑地撇了撇嘴。

v.

讥笑，嘲笑，讥讽，冷笑

例句：

Now the people sneer at me, the very hills and sky seem to laugh at me till I blush shamefully for my folly.

现在，人们在讥笑我，山川和天空也似乎在嘲笑我，直到我为自己的愚蠢而羞愧得满面通红。

例句：

If you go to a club and you don't look right, you're sneered at.

如果你去夜总会却穿得不合时宜，人家会笑你的。

二、词义辨析：

laugh,smile,giggle,grin,beam,sneer

这些动词均含“笑”之意。laugh最常用词，指因喜悦、愉快或轻视而出声的笑或大笑。smile指面露微笑，侧重于无声。giggle指发出咯咯的笑声，较多地用于女人或孩子。 grin指露齿而笑。beam书面用词，指人因心情舒畅而发出的笑，即喜形于色地笑。sneer指冷笑、嘲笑。

三、参考例句：

He said with a sneer.

他的话中带有嘲笑之意.

The article in the paper was a sneer at business.

报纸上的那篇文章是对商业的讥讽。

There had something of a slouch and a sneer in his bearing.

他的脸上带着一副心灰意懒而又不屑一顾的神情。

Now the people sneer at me, the very hills and sky seem to laugh at me till I blush shamefully for my folly.

现在，人们在讥笑我，山川和天空也似乎在嘲笑我，直到我为自己的愚蠢而羞愧得满面通红。

Imagine: no one to sneer if you want to find the local art house cinema and watch old black-and-white movies all day.

想象一下：没人会笑你想要找个当地的艺术小屋电影院，看老掉牙的黑白电影看上一整天。

But in this case, its popularity seems to be down to the fact that it encapsulates China's changing society so well - many people sneer at those with wealth, but are secretly jealous.

但是对于“土豪”这个词，它之所以如此流行似乎是因为，归根结底，它正是中国社会转型的一个缩影——许多人对这些拥有财富的人表面鄙夷，暗中却非常妒忌。