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

• It makes a travesty of the Olympic spirit.
  它是对奥林匹克精神的嘲弄。
• Ascending humans can learn to release black hole dreams before they manifest a terrorist travesty in ones'region of origin.
  提升的人类可以学会在起源地区展现恐怖分子的悲剧之前就释放黑洞噩梦。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Surely such a travesty has never occurred.
  我确定这种滑稽事从来就没有发生过。
• 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 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。
• The last election, in2007, was a travesty; some judged it to be the most rigged poll in the country's history, others in the history of Africa.
  发生在2007年的最近一次大选简直是一场闹剧，一些人认为这是尼日利亚史上最大的一场投票弊案，更有人认为其是整个非洲史上最大的一次。