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travesty

英 [ˈtrævəsti]

美 [ˈtrævəsti]

n.  嘲弄; 歪曲

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BNC.19963 / COCA.18038

牛津词典

    noun

    • 嘲弄;歪曲
      something that does not have the qualities or values that it should have, and as a result is often shocking or offensive
      1. The trial was a travesty of justice .
        这一审判是对正义的嘲弄。

    柯林斯词典

    • N-COUNT 嘲弄;歪曲;拙劣模仿
      If you describe something as atravesty ofanother thing, you mean that it is a very bad representation of that other thing.
      1. Her research suggests that Smith's reputation today is a travesty of what he really stood for...
        她的研究表明史密斯今天的名声是对他过去真正主张的一种嘲弄。
      2. If he couldn't prepare his case properly, the trial would be a travesty.
        如果他不能好好准备他的诉讼,审判将会成为一场拙劣的闹剧。

    英英释义

    noun

    verb

    • make a travesty of

      双语例句

      • The trial was a travesty of justice.
        这次审判嘲弄了法律的公正性。
      • In so doing, ascending humans can avoid the travesty of a natural disaster that either kills the form, or causes an upheaval in their life experience.
        这样做,提升的人们可避免或毁掉形态或导致他们生命中剧变的自然界大灾难的嘲讽剧。
      • If he couldn't prepare his case properly, the trial would be a travesty.
        如果他不能好好准备他的诉讼,审判将会成为一场拙劣的闹剧。
      • They collapse standards and offer a vainglorious travesty of a cultural experience to a paying public.
        它们破坏了标准,并给付费公众带来了对文化体验的虚荣模仿。
      • Pontius Pilate had Jesus '"crime" King of the Jews posted in three languages, in ironic tribute to the travesty of justice.
        本丢彼拉多以三种语言张贴耶稣的「罪状」&犹太人的王,明褒暗贬被人嘲讽的正义。
      • Dada, a European artistic and literary movement ( 1916-1923) that flouted conventional aesthetic and cultural values by producing works marked by nonsense, travesty, and incongruity.
        达达主义运动,欧洲文学艺术界的运动(1916-1923),通过随意涂写、嘲讽及不和谐的作品来藐视传统的艺术和文化价值。
      • This is, of course, a travesty of the true meaning of lunch.
        这当然是对午餐真正含义的曲解。
      • If such humans choose to ascend and release the patterns through conscious intent, the travesty can be avoided.
        如果这些人类选择去提升并通过有意识的意想去释放模式,悲剧则能被避免。
      • Her research suggests that Smith's reputation today is a travesty of what he really stood for
        她的研究表明史密斯今天的名声是对他过去真正主张的一种嘲弄。
      • The experts agree that if the health workers are found guilty, it would be a travesty of justice.
        这些专家同意说,如果这些医务工作者被判有罪,那将是对正义的嘲弄。