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

• "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。
• His constant blunders made him the laughing stock of the whole class.
  他总是出错，成了全班的笑柄。
• The source told the Enquirer that Todd feels like he's been made a laughing stock as the hook up had become a joke on late night TV and was all over the internet.
  《国家询问报》得到消息称，由于这起性丑闻成为夜间电视节目的笑话，还传遍网络，托德感觉自己成了众人的笑柄。
• And I am a laughing stock in my own town!
  而我成为了我自己城镇的笑柄！
• 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。
• He become the laughing stock when his pants split open.
  他的裤子开裂使他成为众人的笑柄。
• We will be the laughing stock.
  我们将成为别人的笑柄。
• 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！
• For some, Feng may be too commercial at times – product placement in his movies is often conspicuous and has even become a laughing stock.
  对于一些人而言，冯小刚有时太过商业化了&他影片中的植入广告往往十分显眼，甚至这已经成为了一个笑柄。
• He used to be a laughing stock in his class.
  他过去是班上的笑柄。