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v.speak sarcastically or ironically; deride
有意见就直说,不要挖苦别人。
Cut all the sarcasm. Be straightforward if you have anything to say.
这是她在挖苦我。
That's her having a dig at me.
那句话是挖苦我的。
That was a dig at me.
她挖苦的语言刺伤了她的虚荣心。
Her sarcasm wounded her vanity.
挖苦某人
dig at somebody
她惯于挖苦人。
She was given to sarcasm.
她总是拐弯抹角地挖苦我。
She kept making sly little digs at me.
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