但是一些人更担心自己成为别人嘲笑的对象。

But some people worry much more than others about being the target of laughter.

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这使得他们容易成为公众嘲笑的对象。

That makes them easy targets for public ridicule.

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这也许是移情作用的一个功能；我们会对自己嘲笑的对象感到抱歉。

It may be a function of empathy; we feel badly for the objects of our derision.

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I remember, for example, during the Vietnam War when Richard Nixon spoke about achieving peace with honor, and this was largely mocked as a kind of ludicrous idea.

我还记得越南战争时,尼克松说,要通过荣誉之战赢得和平,这滑稽的想法在当时可是被嘲笑的对象。

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