laughing stock

英 [ˈlɑːfɪŋ stɒk]

美 [ˈlæfɪŋ stɑːk]

n.  笑柄; 笑料

牛津词典

noun

• 笑柄；笑料
  a person that everyone laughs at because they have done sth stupid
  1. I can't wear that! I'd be a laughing stock.
     我可不能戴那个东西！否则会成为笑柄的。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 笑柄；笑料
  If you say that a person or an organization has becomea laughing stock, you mean that they are supposed to be important or serious but have been made to seem ridiculous.
  1. The truth must never get out. If it did she would be a laughing-stock.
     真相一定不能传出去。万一传出去，她会成为笑柄。
  2. ...his policies became the laughing stock of the financial community.
     他的政策成了金融界的笑柄

双语例句

• An Iranian state news agency covered this as real news. The news agency immediately became an international laughing stock.
  一家伊朗国家新闻机构把该消息当做真实新闻来报道，顿时成为国际笑柄。
• "I will not make myself a laughing stock among my friends by adding such a weird abbreviation to my new car," Xinhua quoted car owner Zhang as saying.
  “我可不想把这一个奇特缩写用到新车后成为朋友们的笑柄”新华社援引一位姓张的车主的话说。
• You should make yourself a laughing stock.
  你应该把自己变成一个笑柄。
• We will be the laughing stock.
  我们将成为别人的笑柄。
• For a start you would be a laughing stock.
  首先，你会成为人们的笑料。
• And I am a laughing stock in my own town!
  而我成为了我自己城镇的笑柄！
• The scoff of the world If you do that, you will make yourself a laughing stock.
  天下的笑话[笑柄]你要是这样做，就会成为笑柄了。
• He did not get his hare but became a laughing stock in the state.
  当然，兔子是没等到，他自己却成了宋国的笑柄。
• Thus, the House of splendor become a laughing stock of the scene.
  于是，书屋内的辉煌情景竟成了一种笑柄。
• You may now become the laughing stock of fans all over the world!
  你现在成了全世界球迷的笑柄！