Deutsch-Englisch Übersetzung für spotten

baffle
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I am baffled by the contradictions and omissions in the instructionsA ship baffles with the windsTanker trucks use baffles to keep the liquids inside from sloshing around
deride

elude
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jeer
mock
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There is only one small and very fragile thing that many people mock and which is simply called ‘democracy’. Es gibt nur ein kleines anfälliges Etwas, über das viele spotten und das ganz einfach „Demokratie“ heißt. It is easy to mock, but, as always where this kind of rather bizarre text is concerned, there are serious issues just beneath the surface. Man kann natürlich immer spotten, doch wie stets bei solchen etwas folkloristischen Texten sind zwischen den Zeilen ernsthafte Anliegen erkennbar. He got a B in his History mock, but improved to an A in the exam.
run downHe was run down while crossing the main road.Whatever the company says, the media is going to run them down.My sister is always running me down in front of my friends.
scoff
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scorn
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He scorned her romantic advancesShe scorned to show weakness