farce
荒唐鬧劇·滑稽戲；鬧劇
分辨荒唐事件與滑稽戲劇
The meeting became a farce when nobody followed the rules.
沒有人遵守規則，會議變成一場荒唐鬧劇。
義項
荒唐鬧劇C1noun荒唐鬧劇
The meeting became a farce when nobody followed the rules.
沒有人遵守規則，會議變成一場荒唐鬧劇。
become a farce
滑稽戲C1noun滑稽戲；鬧劇
We watched a farce in which people kept getting each other mixed up.
我們看了一齣滑稽戲，劇中人物一直認錯人。
watch a farce
片語
descend into farce場面失序 →演變成荒唐鬧劇
a comic farce滑稽演出 →滑稽喜劇
你會不會這樣說？
朋友邀我去看一齣 farce，我比較該預期哪種劇情？（誇張荒謬的誤會／平鋪直敘的紀實）
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誇張荒謬的誤會
farce 是靠荒謬誤會逗笑的喜劇，不是紀實。
下面哪一句的 farce 用得對？第一句：The fire drill was a farce: everyone left calmly and finished in two minutes. 第二句：The fire drill was a farce: the alarm broke, and students walked in all directions.（第一句／第二句）
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第二句
farce 指失序到無法當真的場面；第一句井然有序，不符。
字族
farcical 荒唐滑稽的