scoffing

英 [ˈskɒfɪŋ]

美 [ˈskɑːfɪŋ]

v.  嘲笑; 讥讽; 贪婪地吃; 狼吞虎咽
scoff的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 嘲笑;讥讽;嘲弄
  If youscoff atsomething, you speak about it in a way that shows you think it is ridiculous or inadequate.
  1. At first I scoffed at the notion...
     刚开始我对那种想法嗤之以鼻。
  2. You may scoff but I honestly feel I'm being cruel only to be kind...
     你可能不以为然，但我真的认为我狠下心来只是出于一片好意。
  3. 'You'll have to do better than that,' Joanna scoffed.
     “你可得做得比那好，”乔安娜讥讽地说。
• VERB 贪婪地吃;狼吞虎咽
  If youscofffood, you eat it quickly and greedily.
  1. The pancakes were so good that I scoffed the lot.
     那些薄饼太好吃了，我狼吞虎咽地都吃下去了。

英英释义

noun

• showing your contempt by derision
  Synonym:jeerjeeringmockeryscoff

双语例句

• Researchers wanted to test whether guilt from scoffing chocolate cake acted as an incentive to improve weight control, or undermined dieters 'determination to succeed.
  研究者想测试，大快朵颐享用巧克力蛋糕是会作为控制体重的激励呢，还是被当做了减肥成功的拦路虎呢。
• He removed the lid and showed the wonderful contents to the scoffing visitors.
  他打开了盖子，给嘲笑他们的来访者观看其中美妙的东西。
• ( Mostly scoffing, however.) But how are we really to know?
  （不过大多数持嘲笑态度。）但是我们真的懂多少呢？
• And sceptical students scoffing at his protestations of fiscal rectitude did not stop Mr Geithner claiming Chinese backing for US policies.
  虽然有关财政纪律的声明遭到中国多疑学生的耻笑，但那不妨碍盖特纳宣称中国支持美国的政策。
• Instead of just scoffing at this heresy that a kid wanted to get published, or saying wait until you're older, my parents were really supportive.
  一个小孩想发表作品这简直是天方夜谭，但我父母没有嘲笑我，也没有说等你长大点儿再说，他们非常支持我。
• There are too many superstars scoffing at media in china.
  在中国有许多超级巨星对媒体嗤之以鼻。
• Scoffing four squaresof chocolate a day can improve your memory, claim experts at Oxford University.
  牛津大学的专家称，每天吃四块巧克力能够提高人们的记忆力。
• Opinions on the deal run the gamut from approval to scoffing to the purely perplexed.
  对于这项交易的观点，从赞成、嘲笑到纯粹摸不着头脑，层出不穷。
• He had always been irreligious, scoffing good-naturedly at the sky-pilots and their immortality of the soul.
  他一向不信宗教，对于引人进入天国的人和他们的灵魂不问一向心平气和地嗤之以鼻。
• One version that aired on the Hong Kong station TVB earlier this year received a record 1,100 complaints, with viewers scoffing at the production quality and saying the choice of the show was too dated.
  今年早些时候香港TVB播放的一个《西游记》版本就收到创纪录的1100宗投诉，观众对其制作质量嗤之以鼻，并称其选材过于陈旧。