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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Surely such a travesty has never occurred.
  我确定这种滑稽事从来就没有发生过。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Our celebration tonight is a travesty.
  我们今晚的庆典就是如此滑稽。
• 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。