ridicule

1. V-T If you ridicule someone or ridicule their ideas or beliefs, you make fun of them in an unkind way. 嘲笑

I admired her all the more for allowing them to ridicule her and never striking back. 我更加钦佩她了，因为她能够容许让他们嘲笑她而从不回击。

2. N-UNCOUNT If someone or something is an object of ridicule or is held up to ridicule, someone makes fun of them in an unkind way. 嘲笑

As a heavy child, she became the object of ridicule from classmates. 作为一个胖孩子，她成了同学们的笑柄。