travesty

英 [ˈtrævəsti]

美 [ˈtrævəsti]

n.  嘲弄; 歪曲

复数：travesties　现在分词：travestying　过去式：travestied　第三人称单数：travesties　过去分词：travestied　

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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

• a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
  Synonym:parodylampoonspoofsendupmockerytakeoffburlesquecharadepasquinadeput-on
• a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
  Synonym:farcefarce comedy

verb

• make a travesty of

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• It makes a travesty of the Olympic spirit.
  它是对奥林匹克精神的嘲弄。
• And, I certainly wouldn't dispute the travesty of the plastic disposable utensils.
  同时，我当然不会怀疑一次性筷子的作用。
• The trial was a travesty of justice.
  这次审判嘲弄了法律的公正性。
• There need not be vast travesty or economic fall out; there can be changes that support all the life upon earth's body.
  并没有必要出现巨大的悲剧或者经济崩溃，可以出现改变，来支持地球身躯上的一切生灵。
• ( it had only one John Irving novel, also a travesty.)
  （Oyster只有一本约翰•艾文的小说，这也有些说不过去。）
• Our celebration tonight is a travesty.
  我们今晚的庆典就是如此滑稽。
• 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。
• It is also why so many of his scholarly critics completely miss the heart of who he was, and why his son's recent portrayal of his father is such a travesty and an outrage.
  这是许多在学术上批评他的人所完全忽略的，这也是为什么法兰基最近对他父亲的写照是这样地钮曲事实和令人愤怒。