Word · Frequency #18730
deride
嘲笑；嘲弄
deride
- 1.
To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
嘲笑；讥讽；鄙视。
嘲笑；讥讽；鄙视。；嘲弄；嘲笑
In use
She derided his plans as unrealistic.
Why are you deriding her choice of career?
The new policy was derided by most employees.
deride sb/sth
The critics derided the film.
评论家们嘲笑这部影片。
deride sb for sth/doing sth
for 后接名词或动名词，说明嘲笑的原因。
They derided him for his old-fashioned ideas.
他们因为他守旧的想法而嘲笑他。
be derided as sth
被动语态中 as 引出被嘲弄的具体说法或标签。
The proposal was derided as impractical.
这项提议被讥讽为不切实际。
Verb forms
base deride · third person derides · -ing deriding · past derided · past participle derided
规则动词：第三人称单数 derides，现在分词 deriding，过去式和过去分词 derided。
Common mistakes
They derided at his ideas.They derided his ideas.
deride 是及物动词，后面直接接宾语，不需要加介词 at；不要受 laugh at 等搭配的影响。
He was deride by his classmates.He was derided by his classmates.
被动语态中 be 动词后必须用过去分词 derided，不能用动词原形 deride。
His deride of the plan was harsh.His deriding of the plan was harsh.
deride 是动词；表示“嘲弄”这一行为作名词时，应用动名词 deriding（或名词 derision），不能用动词原形作名词。
Connections
Collocations
- deride the idea
- 嘲笑这个想法
- Many scientists derided the idea when it was first proposed.这个想法刚提出时，许多科学家都加以嘲笑。
- deride someone for something
- 因某事嘲笑某人
- The press derided the actor for his strange remarks.媒体因那名演员的奇怪言论而嘲笑他。
- be widely derided
- 受到广泛嘲笑
- The proposal was widely derided by experts.这项提议遭到专家们广泛嘲笑。
- deride something as something
- 把…讥讽为…
- He derided the report as pure speculation.他讥讽这份报告纯属臆测。
Synonyms
- mock
- 模仿（言行）以取笑；嘲弄 · mock 常通过模仿对方的行为或说话方式来取笑，语气比 deride 更具体、更口语化，且不一定强调公开的轻蔑。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记：deride 中含 ride（骑），想象骑在别人头上嘲笑、嘲弄对方，即“嘲笑”。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal essays、political speeches、news commentary deride 是正式用词，多用于书面语、正式演讲或媒体评论中，表示轻蔑地嘲弄；日常口语中较少用，更常说 laugh at 或 mock。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with deride /dɪˈraɪd/: the stressed vowel and following sounds are /aɪd/, even when the spelling differs (e.g., decide). Beware lookalike derision /dɪˈrɪʒən/, where the vowel and consonant change, so it does not rhyme with deride.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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