"laughing stock" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 笑柄

Definition

因为错误、尴尬或失败而成为别人嘲笑和取笑的对象的人或事。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

这是非正式的表达，常用于形容某人因错误而被大范围嘲笑。一般用于严重出丑、丢脸的情况，不用于朋友之间的玩笑。常见搭配：成为“笑柄”或“把某人当做笑柄”。

Examples

After the show failed, they became the laughing stock of the town.

表演失败后，他们成了小镇的**笑柄**。

Don’t make us a laughing stock in front of your friends.

别在你朋友面前让我们成为**笑柄**。

He did not want to be a laughing stock at school.

他不想在学校成为**笑柄**。

If you keep wearing that hat, you'll end up the laughing stock of the office.

你再戴那顶帽子，迟早会成办公室的**笑柄**。

She tripped on stage and instantly became a laughing stock online.

她在舞台上摔倒后，立刻成了网上的**笑柄**。

People will forget your mistake; you’re not the laughing stock you think you are.

大家会忘记你的错误；你并不是你以为的**笑柄**。