farce

英 [fɑːs]

美 [fɑːrs]

n.  滑稽戏(剧本); 闹剧(剧本); 笑剧(剧本); 荒唐的事情; 闹剧
vt.  用笑话补充; 描述; 〈古〉填充

复数：farces　现在分词：farcing　过去式：farced　第三人称单数：farces　过去分词：farced　

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牛津词典

noun

• 滑稽戏（剧本）；闹剧（剧本）；笑剧（剧本）
  a funny play for the theatre based on ridiculous and unlikely situations and events; this type of writing or performance
  1. a bedroom farce (= a funny play about sex)
     床上笑剧
• 荒唐的事情；闹剧
  a situation or an event that is so unfair or badly organized that it becomes ridiculous
  1. The trial was a complete farce.
     这次审判完全是一场闹剧。

柯林斯词典

• 荒诞剧;滑稽剧;闹剧
  Afarceis a humorous play in which the characters become involved in complicated and unlikely situations.
• N-UNCOUNT (表演或写作的一种风格)荒诞,滑稽
  Farceis the style of acting and writing that is typical of farces.
  1. The plot often borders on farce.
     情节常常近乎荒诞。
• N-SING 滑稽的场面(或事件);闹剧
  If you describe a situation or event as afarce, you mean that it is so disorganized or ridiculous that you cannot take it seriously.
  1. The elections have been reduced to a farce.
     竞选演变为一场闹剧。

英英释义

noun

• a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
  Synonym:farce comedytravesty
• mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs
  Synonym:forcemeat

verb

• fill with a stuffing while cooking
  1. Have you stuffed the turkey yet?
  Synonym:stuff

双语例句

• I think this whole thing is a farce, a fiasco.
  我想这一切是场闹剧，一个大的失败。
• As Li's fans expressed anger and disappointment, academics claimed such a selection was totally a farce.
  李宇春的歌迷表现出了愤怒和失望，声称这样的评选完全是闹剧。
• I prefer farce to tragedy.
  我喜欢笑剧而不喜欢悲剧。
• The elections have been reduced to a farce.
  竞选演变为一场闹剧。
• I was sick ofthis tiresome daily farce.
  我对每天那无聊的闹剧感到恶心。
• They played a shameful [ despicable] role in this farce.
  他们在这场闹剧中扮演了可耻[鄙]的角色。
• Don't you love farce? My fault, I fear.
  你不喜欢闹剧吗？只怕这都是我的错。
• But I will not allow my twinkle town musicale to be made into farce.
  但我不会允许我的闪光镇音乐剧成为闹剧。
• Who directed the US company fraud farce?
  谁导演了美国公司造假丑剧？
• Bracken and Demarest have never been better than in this daring wartime farce.
  蕨菜和德马雷斯特从来没有比这更好的大胆战时的闹剧。