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
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- The trial was a travesty of justice .
这一审判是对正义的嘲弄。
- The trial was a travesty of justice .
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.- 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。 - 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。
- Her research suggests that Smith's reputation today is a travesty of what he really stood for...
英英释义
noun
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
verb
- make a travesty of
双语例句
- 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。 - ( 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。) - 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。 - 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 trial was a travesty of justice.
这次审判嘲弄了法律的公正性。 - 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。 - Surely such a travesty has never occurred.
我确定这种滑稽事从来就没有发生过。 - 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。 - 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。