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 trial was a travesty of justice.
  这次审判嘲弄了法律的公正性。
• 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。
• Autorun for CDs is a travesty of security practice, as is application selection by the software when you double-click a file.
  自动决策是一个滑稽的安全做法，就像您双击一个文件，让软件选择相应的应用程序。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。