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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• ( 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。）
• It makes a travesty of the Olympic spirit.
  它是对奥林匹克精神的嘲弄。
• Our celebration tonight is a travesty.
  我们今晚的庆典就是如此滑稽。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。