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

• The more rapidly the records are gathered and erased, the less likely that the travesty associated needs to play out amongst the humans that live nearby.
  记录收集和抹除得越快，在附近居住的人们间发生悲剧的可能就越小。
• ( 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。）
• 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。
• Any potential travesty is avoided by choosing to release or return the karma and transmute the thought-form instead.
  任何潜在的悲剧都能选择释放或归还业力并转换思想形态而被避免。
• Yet even as San Francisco Giants fans hailed their hero, many other baseball fans across America were dismissing Mr Bonds as a cheat, and his new record a travesty.
  当旧金山巨人队球迷为他们的英雄高呼呐喊之时，其他棒球迷却认为庞兹不仅忽悠了他们，且其新纪录也是一场彻头彻尾的骗局。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。