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Alisa
what is the difference between "make fun of sb." and "laught at sb."? what is the difference between "make fun of sb." and "laught at sb."?
2017年3月16日 18:58
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Steve White
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Well, they mean pretty much the same thing. To make fun of somebody requires at least a small amount of creativity. To simply laugh at someone is just to laugh mockingly at them in response to something silly or stupid they've done. But they both involve mockery and disrespect. Note the difference between "laugh at somebody" (mock) and "laugh with somebody" (join with them in laughing at something else). Btw, you mean "laugh" not "laught". And (at least in my opinion), it gives a wonderful impression of respect and love for a language if you correctly spell out words (in questions about language), rather than abbreviating them. If I were the word "somebody", I would feel very un-loved if somebody spelled me as "sb.", especially in a question about language. Poor word. Are you in such a hurry--or do you feel that an answer is so unlikely--that it's not worth the time and effort to write all of the letters in a word? :D
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2017年3月16日
Alisa
Sorry about the wrong spelling and the abbreviation of somebody. TAT Well... In China, it is conventional to spell the abbreviation of somebody(sb., something into sth.) when students are learning English. So..you know, we English learners are kind of having this odd habbit. I know it's not good for English learners to use abbreviation when they're still learning, while our teachers, even some of our text books(especially grammar books) use this kind of abbreviation. I will try my best to not to use it. Be nice to poor SOMEBODY :D. By the way, I am in a hurry XD. And... I still can't make out the difference between "laugh at somebody" and "laugh with somebody"...Could you give me some examples? Thanks~:D
2017年3月16日 · 回复
Steve White
Oh, that's interesting about that abbreviation, thanks for letting me know! I think, myself, that abbreviating it like that is only a good thing if someone's salary depends on how many times they can write that word in a day. :) Some examples of at/with. "I had a good laugh with John at the movie theater, watching a funny film." "I couldn't help laughing at John when he spilled coke all down his white tee-shirt" :D
2017年3月17日 · 回复
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Dan Smith
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When you laugh at somebody, it is a passive response. You yourself are not making any (cruel) jokes. Laughing at somebody may hurt their feelings or it may not, but it is just a reaction and it's not meant to be unkind. For example, perhaps you've seen the video of the person being interviewed on live TV in his home office, interrupted first by his four-year-old daughter who comes prancing in, and then a baby in a walker. Everybody laughs at the children because they're so cute and behaving in the way children behave. That's "laughing at" the children, not "making fun" of them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU48FaWx7cM Making fun of someone means making jokes, often mocking, or doing crude imitations, of somebody. For example, US President Gerald Ford had a couple of clumsy moments when he stumbled and fell. Comedian Chevy Chase on "Saturday Night Live" had a series of sketch in which he imitated Ford and was constantly falling down in funny ways. Chase was making fun of Ford, and Ford's occasional moments of physical clumsiness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF98NkctXDU
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Michael Business Law
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The man fell over and split his trousers. The onlookers laughed at him. The man was embarrassed. Some of the onlookers were kind and they quickly stopped laughing at him. But others were not so kind and they made fun of him. They called him names and made rude jokes.
2017年3月16日
Alisa
So it is right that “make fun of” is worse than “laugh at”?
2017年3月16日 · 回复
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Lina McLane
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Make fun of somebody-- You are saying mean things about them to be funny. "Teasing" is another word for it. Sometimes it's truly mean, and sometimes it's just friends joking. examples: We were making fun of John because he wore a weird hat. We were making fun of John's hairstyle. We made fun of the way John talks. Laugh at somebody-- It can mean the same thing, but it can also mean someone did something embarrassing and you are laughing about it. Or, someone else made fun of them, and you are laughing about it. examples: We laughed at John when he tripped. We were laughing at John because Sarah made fun of his hat.
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