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

• Makeup for a conventionalized comic travesty of Black people, especially in a minstrel show. The opera features unique solo singing, refined acting, rich percussion and funny comedians.
  扮演黑人的化妆滑稽模仿黑人的传统喜剧的化妆，尤其是在黑脸歌唱团表演中戏剧的特点是拥有独特的唱腔、优美的表演、丰富的配乐、滑稽可笑的喜剧演员。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Surely such a travesty has never occurred.
  我确定这种滑稽事从来就没有发生过。