第一,情景對話
A: Look what you did. It's so funny.
看你做的好事,太好笑了。
B: Tom, never laugh in another's face, it's very impolite.
湯姆,不要在眾人面前奚落別人,那是非常不禮貌的。
A: Mom, I know that. I'll never do it again.
媽媽,我知道了,我再不會那么做了。
B: Good boy.
好孩子。
第二,詞海拾貝
laugh in one’s face(公眾侮辱某人,公眾奚落某人,當(dāng)面嘲笑某人)
e.g. Mary'll only laugh in your face if you say you love her.
如果你說你愛瑪麗,你只會被她當(dāng)面嘲笑。
e.g. People will laugh in your face if you tell them that you believe in such a foolish tale.
如果你告訴別人說你相信這樣的無稽之談,他們會當(dāng)面嘲笑你的。
e.g. When I asked him for longer time to pay back the loan,he just laughed in my face.
當(dāng)我向他要求延長還貸款的時間時,他只是當(dāng)面嘲笑我。
e.g. I don't mind telling you that I made a point of laugh in his face as soundly as I thought he deserved.
我可以跟您直說我總是盡量當(dāng)中奚落他,我認(rèn)為就該這么對付他。