comedy of manners
US /ˈkɑː.mə.di əv ˈmæn.ərz/
UK /ˈkɑː.mə.di əv ˈmæn.ərz/
名詞
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風俗喜劇, 習俗喜劇
a comedy that satirizes the manners and affectations of a social class, often represented by stock characters and concerned with the question of how to behave in polite society
範例:
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Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' is a classic example of a comedy of manners.
奧斯卡·王爾德的《認真的重要性》是風俗喜劇的經典範例。
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Many Restoration plays are considered comedies of manners due to their focus on social conventions.
許多復辟時期的戲劇因其對社會習俗的關注而被認為是風俗喜劇。
在 Lingoland 學習這個單詞