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

• Reframing a work travesty by offering up solid, well-researched solution in a timely manner will prove to your boss youre not only a thinker, but also a doer with management potential.
  及时提供可靠的、仔细研究过的方案来重新梳理工作，会向老板证明你不只会思考，也是一个有管理能力的实干者。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Surely such a travesty has never occurred.
  我确定这种滑稽事从来就没有发生过。
• The trial was a travesty of justice.
  这次审判嘲弄了法律的公正性。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。